Caramelized Onion & Goat Cheese Tartlets

This past weekend was packed with parties galore! Friday night was a birthday/sushi making party, Saturday night followed with an All Hallow's Eve party and Sunday was a birthday dinner for Mr. S.'s pops. For the latter two, I decided to throw together some caramelized onion and goat cheese tartlets (I bet you're starting to salivate like Pavlov's dog already, right?) Well, they were simple to make, came out great and were gobbled up immediately.

Caramelized Onion & Goat Cheese Tartlets

Ingredients:

2  sheets of frozen puff pastry dough (you can find this in the freezer section of your local grocery store)

2  medium sweet onions ( peeled and diced/ or thinly sliced)

2  egg whites

2  6 oz. packages of goat cheese

3-4 T unsalted butter

Salt

Pepper

1-2 t of sugar



Instructions

- Thaw puff pastry dough for 30 minutes.

- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

- Using a thick-bottomed pan, heat butter on medium high. Add onions. Make sure onions are coated evenly. Stir occasionally and allow to sauté until onions are caramelized (about 20-25 minutes). Add salt, pepper and sugar to onions while cooking.

- Roll sheet out and using a circular cookie cutter, punch out 24 circles. Repeat with 2nd sheet.

- Prick pastry with a toothpick or fork several times to aerate it.

- Place one circle of pastry in each opening of  mini muffin pan. Press down so that the pastry conforms to the shape of the pan.

- Give the top a quick brush of egg white.

- Place a spoonful of goat cheese on top of each pastry circle.

- Follow with a spoonful of caramelized onion.

- Bake at 400 degrees F for 13-15 minutes until pastry is a golden brown.

- Serve warm.

Makes 48 tasty tartlets.