Pissaladière
Recipe from SARAH TODD · original post
Sweet, jammy slow-cooked onions piled onto buttery puff pastry with salty anchovies and olives.
Ingredients
- large brown onions — thinly sliced6 ea
- olive oil — 3 tbsp60 ml
- fresh thyme — plus extra to finish3 sprig
- bay leaves2 ea
- puff pastry — all-butter1 sheets
- canned anchovy fillets45 g
- kalamata olives50 g
Method
- Cook the onions slowly with the olive oil, thyme, bay leaves and a pinch of salt until golden and jammy.
- Pile the onions onto the raw puff pastry, arrange the anchovies in a diamond pattern and pop an olive into each diamond.
- Bake at 200°C for 20–25 minutes until puffed and crispy.
- Finish with fresh thyme and black pepper.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Vegetarian
- 30 g Capers instead of canned anchovy fillets
Scatter the capers over the onions with the olives; baking time is unchanged.
Vegan
- 180 g Vegan puff pastry instead of puff pastry
- 30 g Capers instead of canned anchovy fillets
Scatter the capers over the onions with the olives; baking time is unchanged.
Dairy-free
- 180 g Dairy-free puff pastry instead of puff pastry
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
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Aldi UKyou pay £11.24 · 57% spare
£4.81
missing 2 items
Tescoyou pay £10.10 · 23% spare
£7.74
missing 2 items · £2.93 more
Morrisonsyou pay £7.70 · 31% spare
£5.34
missing 3 items
Sainsbury'syou pay £4.35 · 67% spare
£1.43
missing 4 items
Asdayou pay £5.83 · 36% spare
£3.76
missing 4 items
£1.15a serve
from £1.15 a serve at Aldi UK · 5 of 7 ingredients priced
About £4.59 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
£14.67 across 3 shops · all 7 items priced · £2.56 more for bigger packs, 48% spare for later
Aldi UK£4.81
missing 2 items
you'll pay £11.24 · 57% of it spare
Tesco£7.74
missing 2 items · £2.93 more
you'll pay £10.10 · 23% of it spare
Morrisons£5.34
missing 3 items
you'll pay £7.70 · 31% of it spare
Sainsbury's£1.43
missing 4 items
you'll pay £4.35 · 67% of it spare
Asda£3.76
missing 4 items
you'll pay £5.83 · 36% of it spare
Buy at Aldi UK£10.37
large brown onions
£0.32/1 ea
need 6 items2 × Nature's Pick Large Brown Onions 3 each£0.95
Aldi UK£0.32/1 ea£0.95·Asda£0.32/1 ea£0.95·Morrisons£0.95·Tesco£0.33/1 ea£1.00·Sainsbury'sN/A·
OcadoN/A
olive oil
£0.53/100ml
need 60 mlSolesta Olive Oil 1,000ml£5.29closest match
Aldi UK£0.53/100ml£5.29·Asda£10.92/1L£2.73·Sainsbury's£12.00/1L£3.00·Tesco£12.40/1L£3.10·Morrisons£3.10·OcadoN/A
puff pastry
£3.09/1kg
need 1 itemThe Pantry Ready Rolled Puff Pastry 0.32kg£0.99closest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Aldi UK£3.09/1kg£0.99·Asda£3.75/1kg£1.20·TescoN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
kalamata olives
£14.60/1kg
need 50 gSpecially Selected African Kalamata Olives 0.15kg£2.19closest match
Aldi UK£14.60/1kg£2.19·TescoN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£1.35
fresh thyme
£27.50/1kg
need 3 sprigSainsbury's Bunched Thyme 20g£0.55
Sainsbury's£27.50/1kg£0.55·Aldi UK£43.33/1kg£0.65·Morrisons£0.70·Tesco£52.63/1kg£1.00·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
bay leaves
£0.08/1 ea
need 2 itemsSainsbury's Standard£0.80closest match
Sainsbury's£0.08/1 ea£0.80·Tesco£333.33/1kg£1.00·Morrisons£2.00·Aldi UKN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Tesco£2.95
canned anchovy fillets
£2.95
need 45 gTesco Finest Cantabrian Anchovy Fillets 100G 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Tesco£2.95·Aldi UKN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A