Recipe - Caramelized Apple And Onion Tart

TART SHELL
1 One half cup Flour; allpurpose
Three fourths teaspoon Dried thyme
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Butter; chilled & cut into
. small pieces
One fourth cup Vegetable shortening
4 6 Tbsp cold water

FILLING
2 tablespoon Butter
2 Red delicious apples; cored
. and thinly cut or sliced up
2 Golden delicious apples;
. cored & thinly cut or sliced up
1 Onion; thinly cut or sliced up
1 cl Garlic; minced
Three fourths teaspoon Salt

Preheat the oven to 425øF.

Combine the flour, thyme and salt. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut
the butter and shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse
meal. Add water, 1 Tbsp at a time, until the dough begins to come together.
Form into disk; chill for 15 minutes.

For the filling, in a skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the
apples, onion, garlic and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the
apples are golden, about 15 minutes. On a lightly floured surface, roll out
the dough to a 12x16 inch rectangle. Transfer to a baking sheet. Spoon the
filling onto the shell to within 1 1/2inches of the edges. Fold the edges
over the filling to form a border.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini