Pissaladière
Serves 5
Ingredients:
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150g Cooks&Co Anchovy Fillets, drained  Â
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16 Cooks&Co Black Olives, pitted and halvedÂ
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Oil for fryingÂ
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25g butterÂ
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900g onions, finely slicedÂ
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2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves, plus extra to serveÂ
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320g sheet ready-rolled puff pastryÂ
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2 tbsp Dijon mustardÂ
Alan Bird
Method:
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Heat the oil and butter in a very large frying pan over a medium heat until bubbling. Add the sliced onions with a pinch of salt and cook for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until completely softened and caramelised.Â
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Once the onions have caramelised, stir in the thyme leaves and cook for 1 minute more, then transfer to a bowl to cool slightly. Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6.Â
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Unroll the puff pastry, still attached to its paper, onto a large baking sheet. Using a sharp knife, score a border 1.5cm from the edge of the pastry. Brush the mustard over the pastry inside the border, then spoon over the onions and spread evenly inside the border. Â
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Arrange the Cooks&Co Anchovy Fillets over the onions in a lattice, creating a diamond pattern (see right), then put a Cooks&Co Black Olive half in the middle of each diamond. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden and crisp, then transfer to a board, scatter with fresh thyme leaves and serve in slices.Â