Name: Warm Onion Tart with Thyme
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 Spanish onion; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed according to package directions

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Warm Onion Tart with ThymeCookbook cover image courtesy of Random House

These little warm onion tarts are lovely amuse and get any winter meal off to a good start. Vary them with different kinds of onions. Julia Child has commented that cooking would be in a sorry state indeed if it weren't for onions. I agree!

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