Red onion flan with potato dressing

The Italian cuisine of Augusto Gemelli is a cookbook that has been adorning my shelf for so long that I can no longer remember when, where and why I bought it. Neither have I cooked any of it's recipes.

I love red onions but I think this recipe lacks something. Spices, some kind of spices. It is just too bland.

The potato dressing was supposed to be a smoked potato dressing but since I do not have a device to smoke the dressing, I did it without. It tastes like a good potato purée.

I think the recipe needs more but it isn't good enough for me to bother cooking it again.

Serves: 2 persons.

Ingredients:

• For the flan:
• 2 red onions, sliced (300g)
• 25g Parmigiano, grated
• 75g cottage cheese
• 2 eggs
• vegetable oil
• salt & pepper to taste
• For the potato dressing:
• 150g potatoes, diced
• 50g leeks, sliced
• 250ml vegetable stock
• salt & pepper to taste

Method:

1. Cook the flan:
1. Sweat the onions in vegetable oil.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Mix thoroughly the egg yolks with the cheese.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Add the mixture to the onions, mix.
   
   
   
4. Season with salt & pepper to taste.
5. Whisk the egg whites to hard peaks and add gently to the mixture.
   
   
   
6. Butter and flour ramekins. How many depends on their size.
7. Pour the mixture into the ramekins.
   
   
   
8. Cook in a 180°C oven for 30 min.
   
   
   
2. Cook the dressing:
1. Boil the potatoes in salty water.
2. Fry the leeks.
3. Add the potatoes and stock to the leeks. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Season with salt & pepper to taste.
5. Blitz the mixture until smooth.
3. Remove the flans from the ramekins and serve with the dressing.