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Pissaladière

Monaco-style Onion Tart


Pissaladière


Pissaladière is a hybrid between a pizza and an onion tart. It starts with a pizza dough, topped with caramelized onions and olives and flavored by anchovies. Also known as Niçois pizza, this dish is popular throughout the French riviera as well.

I am not a huge an of anchovies, and I can't say I really enjoyed it. I'd have preferred it without them. In this recipe, the anchovies are mixed with milk and the whole mixture is added to the pie - though you can also just put the individual anchovies (whole or fillet) on top instead. Doing the milk method, I had twice as much liquid as I could use - so if I did this again, I'd halve that. As much as I didn't like it, my husband did - so it's very much a matter of how much you like anchovies.

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Pissaladière

Ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp olive oil + more for greasing
  • 4 cups thinly sliced onions
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 2-oz can anchovy fillets
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • oil for greasing
  • flour for dusting
  • 1 1lb pizza dough
  • 1/2 cup pitted Niçoise olives

Directions

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the sliced onions and sauté, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the onions have a deep caramel color, about 20 more minutes.

Meanwhile, rinse the anchovies. Using an electric blender or a mortal and pestle, mash them into a paste. Add the milk and dried thyme and blend into a paste. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Preheat oven to 450°F. Grease a pizza pan or baking sheet with olive oil. Flour a working surface.

Roll out the pizza dough on the working surface. Transfer it to the prepared pan.

Spread the onions evenly on the pizza dough. Drizzle the anchovies mixture on top of the onions. Decorate with the olives.

Bake until the crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbly, about 20 minutes.


Adapted from a recipe at Monaco News Daily

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