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Sausage Tart

Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 1/2 cups yellow onions sliced
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 lb sausages removed from casings
  • 3 oz greens baby greens or chopped mature greens
  • 12 oz frozen puff pastry thawed
  • Flour to roll out pastry
  • 3 oz Gruyere cheese
  • 1 egg

Equipment & Utensils

  • Skillet
  • Rolling pin
  • Large Baking Tray
  • Parchment Paper
  • Large mixing bowl
  • Pastry brush

Instructions

  • Heat butter on medium heat in skillet until almost melted then add onions.
  • Saute onions until soft.
  • Add sugar, and continue to saute for 1 min.
  • Cover skillet and lower heat to low and allow to cook for a further 10 mins.
  • Check every 3 mins while onions continues to cook.
  • Remove from heat once onions have transformed into a jam-like consistency and set aside .
  • Wipe out skillet with a paper towel then add olive oil and place on high heat.
  • Tip in sausage meat and with a spatula gently mash sausage as it cooks to separate into nuggets.
  • Once all of sausage meat has transformed into nuggets and is cooked through, add greens.
  • Cook until greens has wilted then remove from heat and set aside.
  • Dust a dry clean surface with a handful of flour then roll out pastry approx. 1 inch wider than the baking tray but no larger than 15 inches.
  • Line baking tray with parchment paper
  • Carefully drape rolled out pastry over baking tray. The pastry will likely hang over the width of the tray.
  • Tip into bowl caramelized onions, sausage mixture, and 2 oz of cheese and mix thoroughly.
  • With a large spoon, spoon mixed ingredients on top of pastry. Create an even layer and leave an approx. 2 inch margin of pastry on all sides.
  • Sprinkle remaining 1 oz of cheese onto top.
  • Fold over pastry edges, tucking in the corners before folding.
  • Whisk egg until white and yolk is combined.
  • Brush folded edges of pastry with whisked egg.
  • Place into a preheated oven at 420 and cook until pastry is golden.
  • Once cooked, remove from oven and allow to cool a little.
  • Cut as preferred and serve immediately.

Notes

Use your favorite sausage in this recipe - pork, chicken, beef, turkey. You choose.