Cheese And Onion Tart

A very tasty, savoury tart. A green salad alongside and dinner is served.

For crust: preheat oven to 400f.

Combine flour and salt and cut in butter and crisco until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Add 3 tblsps ice water and combine until it forms a ball.

Flatten into a 6 inch disk and chill it , wrapped in plastic wrap , for 1 hour.

Roll out to 1 / 8 inch thick on lightly-floured surface and fit into a 9 inch tart pan.

Trim edge and prick all over with a fork.

Bake in middle of oven for 10 minutes.

Let cool.

Maintain oven temperature.

For filling: cook onion in butter over moderately-low heat until softened.

Mash blue cheese with half and half and stir in eggs , cheddar , onion and salt and pepper to taste.

Pour into shell and bake for 10 minutes.

Reduce oven temperature to 350f and bake 25 minutes longer.

all-purpose flour, salt, butter, crisco, onion, blue cheese, half-and-half, eggs, cheddar cheese, pepper