This French bacon and onion tart is a simple and delicious recipe the whole family will love! Thinly rolled pizza dough is covered in a cheese sauce, sprinkled with thinly sliced onions and bacon and topped with gruyere cheese.
8strips applewood smoked baconcut into thin strips
1onionsliced into thin strips
¾cupcream cheeseroom temperature
¾cupbuttermilk
½cupcreme fraiche
1teaspoonfreshly grated nutmeg
¼teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonpepper
1cupshredded gruyere
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450F.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Unroll the pizza crust onto the parchment paper.
Cut the onion in half, and then thinly slice each half.
Using kitchen shears or a knife, cut the bacon into short strips.
In a large bowl, whisk together the softened cream cheese, buttermilk and creme fraiche.
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the pizza crust evenly. You can take it almost to the edge of the crust, you don't need to leave much of a "crust" on it.
Grate fresh nutmeg on top of the cream cheese mixture.
Evenly spread the thinly sliced onions on top of the cream cheese mixture, and then top with the bacon strips.
Season with a pinch of salt and pepper over top.
Evenly sprinkle the shredded gruyere cheese on top.
Bake for 10 minutes, then turn on the broiler for an additional 1-2 minutes. Do not walk away from the oven when the broiler is on! Make sure you check the tart so it doesn't burn.
Cut into wedges.
Enjoy!
Notes
This recipe is traditionally made with Fromage Blanc cheese. If you can find it, use 1 cup of that instead of the cream cheesse and buttermilk. The Craime Fraiche can be substituted with sour cream if you can't find it.