September 4, 2011: Cauliflower & Caramelised Onion Tart

its anniversary! This one, from easy every bit vegan pie, is...well, vegan pie. Somehow it sneaked by me when Carla outset posted it but when Lisa made it for her Christmas potluck concluding year I sat upward together with took abide by - it was fantastic.

We made it pretty much every bit instructed, skipping the optional Cheezly together with giving the pastry a footling pre-bake earlier adding the filling. I overcooked it a footling together with it puffed upward a lot - for closed to weird argue I completely forgot to weigh downward that pastry. The tofu didn't brand its means through the entire filling every bit a binder together with then I had to survive extra careful when cutting pieces. (I powerfulness layer the fillings inwards smaller batches inwards future.)

I had this whole excogitation of drizzling over closed to white truffle oil, to add together a flake of extra involvement inwards the absence of the Cheezly, but it was likely improve that I forgot that too! This pie has a actually impressive savouriness of its ain - it's difficult to believe that there's no garlic involved.

Cauliflower & caramelised onion tart
(a recipe from easy every bit vegan pie via Lisa Dempster)

1 medium caput of cauliflower
iii tablespoons olive oil
tabular array salt together with pepper
two large dark-brown onions
1 tablespoon sugar
300g silken tofu
two tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 sail puff pastry

Preheat an oven to 200°C. Chop the cauliflower downward into florets together with house them inwards a walled baking tray. Drizzle over two tablespoons of olive oil, flavour amongst tabular array salt together with pepper, together with roast the caulifower until tender together with a footling golden, virtually xx minutes.

While the cauliflower is roasting, spell the onions into rings. Heat the remaining tablespoon of olive stone oil inwards a frypan together with add together the onions. As they outset start to soften, plough the oestrus means downward to low, sprinkle over the carbohydrate together with encompass the pan amongst a lid. Stir the onions every 10 minutes, continuing to gain them until completely collapsed together with golden brown, virtually thirty minutes.

Make certain your puff pastry is thawed together with purpose it to describe a pie dish, trimming together with patching every bit needed. Blind bake the pastry for 10-15 minutes, until it's starting to dry out out but hasn't gone golden yet. Spread the mustard over the base of operations of the pastry crust.

In a nutrient processor, blend together the tofu, nutritional yeast together with one-half of the caramelised onions. Go for whatsoever texture you lot like, it doesn't convey to survive completely smooth.

Arrange the remaining onions over the mustardy base. Roughly chop the cauliflower florets together with spread them across the pie. Spoon the tofu mixture evenly over the top, mushing it inwards to sink through the pie. Bake the pie for virtually thirty minutes, until describe of piece of occupation solid together with golden on top. Allow the pie to balance for 10 minutes earlier slicing.