Goat cheese pear tarts with caramelized onions
These tarts are a great savory and sweet appetizer. The pear and the caramelized onion pair very well with the goat cheese and are one of my favorite combinations.
Servings 15 tarts
Ingredients
- 1 pear
- 15 tsp apple butter
- 1 small red onion
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 2 oz goat cheese
- 1.5 tbsp butter
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp chopped chives for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Thinly slice the onion. Heat up a pan with 1/2 a tablespoon of butter and add the sliced onion. Sauté it until a golden brown and cooked through. Add 1/2 tbsp of butter if needed.
- While the onion is caramelizing, peel and mince the pear.
- Remove the onion from the pan and add the minced pear to it with the rest of the butter. Sauté until soft and remove from heat.
- Cut the puff pastry into the size you would like your tarts. I usually divide each puff pastry section into 5 pieces about 1 inch by 2 inches.
- Beat the egg in a bowl and brush it onto the puff pastry.
- Place a tsp of apple butter in the middle of the puff pastry.
- Put a dollop of goat cheese on top.
- Mix the onions and pear in a bowl and put them on top of the goat cheese. Placing them separately is also an option.
- Spray a pan with cooking spray and put the squares about 1 inch apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes turning the baking pan halfway through.
- Chop chives or green onion for garnish and enjoy!