Beetroot and Goat's Cheese Tart
400g cooked beetroot
1 1/3 cups (200g) plain flour
100g chilled butter, chopped
1 tsp thyme leaves
30g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
2 red onions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup (60ml) balsamic vinegar
2 tsp thyme leaves, plus extra sprigs
1 tbsp caster sugar
150g soft goat's cheese
2 eggs, lightly beaten
150ml thickened cream
1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
Cut the beetroot into thin slices.
For the pastry, place flour, butter, thyme and a pinch salt in a food processor and whiz until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add 1/4 cup (60ml) chilled water, then process until the mixture comes together in a ball. Enclose in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Lightly grease a 30cm loose-bottomed tart pan. On a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry to 5mm thick, then use to line the tart pan. Chill for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line pastry with baking paper and fill with pastry weights or uncooked rice. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the paper and weights, then bake for 5 minutes or until dry and pale golden.
Heat the butter and oil in a frypan over medium heat. Add onions and 1 tsp salt, then cook, stirring occasionally, for 6-8 minutes until softened. Add vinegar, thyme and sugar, then cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until thickened and syrupy. Spread onion mixture over the tart base, top with the beetroot slices, then crumble over cheese.
Whisk egg, cream and nutmeg together and pour over the tart. Scatter with extra thyme. Bake for 35 minutes or until set.
Serve warm.