Name: Bacon and cheese tart
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 sheet puff pastry; 4 rashers bacon, chopped; 1 medium onion, diced; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 3 eggs; 60 gram crème fraîche; 100 millilitre cream; 100 gram blue cheese*; 50 gram aged cheddar; 2 tablespoon chopped chives

Bacon and cheese tart

Use a full-flavoured cheese for this recipe and you’ll be rewarded with an extremely tasty tart – great for lunch or a simple supper

This bacon and cheese tart is perfect for anyone who loves a seriously savoury flavour to their food – using a sharp cheddar in this recipe will tantalise the tastebuds.

Looking for other savoury recipes? Take a look at some of our facourite bacon and egg pies.

Ingredients

1 sheet puff pastry

4 rashers bacon, chopped

1 medium onion, diced

1 tablespoon olive oil

3 eggs

60 gram crème fraîche

100 millilitre cream

100 gram blue cheese*

50 gram aged cheddar

2 tablespoon chopped chives

Method

Preheat oven to 190°C. Pop in a tray to heat. Line a tart tin with pastry and place in the fridge to chill while you make the filling.

Sauté the bacon and onion in olive oil until the onions begin to soften. Set aside.

Whisk together the eggs, crème fraîche and cream, then stir in the cheeses and chives.

Spread the cooked bacon and onions over the pastry base. Pour over the egg mix.

Bake for 35-40 minutes until just set and beginning to brown on top.

Serve warm or cold with salad.

Nici used a gorgonzola style cheese for this recipe.
Note

Nici Wickes

A published cookbook author, entertainer, broadcaster, food stylist, recipe developer and food editor Nici Wickes is all about no-fuss, confidence-building cooking.

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