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Caramelized Onion Tart with Grilled Pear & Wild-Mushroom Vinaigrette

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Executive Chef Jason Lloyd of the revitalized Terminal City Club in Vancouver served this dish at a recent winemakers’ dinner. It was delicious. Caramelized onions, with fresh thyme, butter and a touch of Noble Sour — a sippable vinegar of very low acidity — were layered on a puff-pastry shell with grilled pear slices. This was served with a small salad of baby greens tossed in a wild-mushroom vinaigrette, garnished with a quenelle of Devon cream and a drizzle of fresh chive oil, and paired well with Crowsnest Vineyard’s Chardonnay Stahltank 2004 Family Reserve.

Ingredients

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caramelized onions:

2 medium white onions sliced thinly

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp chardonnay

1 tbsp Noble Sour vinegar

salt & pepper

Sauté the sliced onions with the butter over medium heat until slightly browned and translucent.

Reduce heat to low and simmer until most of the liquid is reduced and the onions are very tender.

Add the wine, vinegar and seasoning and simmer for a few more minutes until the liquid is again reduced.

grilled pears:

1 pear, cored and sliced

vegetable oil

salt & pepper

Toss the slices of pear with enough oil just to coat them, and season with salt and pepper. Grill the pear until cooked through but still slightly crisp. 

wild-mushroom vinaigrette:

2 cups sliced wild mushrooms (for example, Chanterelles, Hedgehogs, Black Trumpets and Bluefoot mushrooms)

2 shallots sliced

2 tbsp chopped chives

75 ml Noble Sour vinegar

225 ml grapeseed oil

salt & pepper

Methods/steps

Sauté the mushrooms in a little of the oil until tender and golden brown, add the rest of the ingredients and mix thoroughly. Season and serve warm or room temperature.

chive oil:

Purée a small bunch of chives in a blender with enough oil to make a paste.

Bring the chive paste to a boil in a saucepan and simmer for a couple of minutes. The oil will take on the colour and flavour of the chives and separate from the pulp when simmered.

Strain through a very fine sieve and cool before using.



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