Cheese & Onion Tart followed by Poached Apricots

Carnivores have a certain amount of scepticism when people claim that you don't need meat to form a good meal. I'm close to being one of them but I don't quite agree as I hope to prove with today's Cheese & Onion Tart.

Cheese & onion tart

Onto a ready rolled puff pastry sheet, I pour thick wedges of onion that I have softened and caramelised for half an hour in a frying pan, together with chunks of blue cheese and a small handful of thyme before giving it 20 minutes of oven time before serving with a salad and a glass of Bergerac Rose. As in the place in France, which had a TV series you know...

To finish I have Poached Apricots, for which I simply simmer halved apricots in a basic sugar and water syrup flavoured with half a vanilla pod for 15 minutes, before removing the fruit and boiling down the syrup to the required consistency. Yummy!

Poached apricots