Red Onion Tarte Tatin

Make tarte tatin is on my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. I love to gain new cookery skills and tarte tatin is something I had never previously tried. I saw an article once, with gorgeous pictures of vegetable tarte tatin that was so colourful with onion and peppers and other things. I tore the picture out of the magazine (sans recipe unfortunately!) and put it away in my inspiration folder and remembered to include it when I put my list together.

On searching for savoury tarte tatin recipes I found Delia Smith's recipe for Red Onion Tarte Tatin on the BBC food website. It has a cheesy pastry crust which appealed to me - you can't go wrong with the caramelised onion and cheese combination - so I decided on that one.

I had assumed that you need a special anodised pan to make tarte tatin and was slightly taken aback by the prices of some of these! I found a lovely one going unbelievably cheaply online one evening so immediately purchased it, only to find later that it was half the size that I wanted. (This was a good lesson for me, to learn not to shop online late at night when I'm not paying attention properly to the finer details). However, the small one is lovely and would make a darling mini tarte tatin or similar when such a need arises.

I ended up using my trusty old victoria sandwich cake tin in the end. I heated it gently to begin with and it was absolutely fine.

The finished tarte tatin was rustic in appearance but utterly delicious and I will definitely make it again.

I seem to be having a run of ticking off items on my list in the last few weeks - long may it continue - only 54 weeks left!

Speaking of deadlines, there is only one week left to get your submissions in for the January Home Baked Challenge!