Pissaladière
Recipe from SARAH TODD · original post
Sweet, jammy slow-cooked onions piled onto buttery puff pastry with salty anchovies and olives.
Serves 4 75 min
SeafoodFishBake
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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What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Aldi UKBest choice· £6.09 of food
£11.06
45% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- canned anchovy fillets
Sainsbury's· £7.10 of food · £1.01 more
£11.00
35% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- canned anchovy fillets
Tesco· £5.51 of food
£11.64
53% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- fresh thyme
- bay leaves
Morrisons· £5.77 of food
£9.75
41% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- puff pastry
- canned anchovy fillets
Asda· £3.76 of food
£5.83
36% spare
No price at Asda for:
- fresh thyme
- bay leaves
- canned anchovy fillets
- kalamata olives
£1.52a serve
from £1.52 a serve at Aldi UK · 6 of 7 ingredients priced
About £6.09 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
£14.17 across 4 shops · all 7 items priced · £2.82 more for bigger packs, 59% spare for later
Aldi UKBest choice£6.09
missing 1 item
you'll pay £11.06 · 45% of it spare
Sainsbury's£7.10
missing 1 item · £1.01 more
you'll pay £11.00 · 35% of it spare
Tesco£5.51
missing 2 items
you'll pay £11.64 · 53% of it spare
Morrisons£5.77
missing 2 items
you'll pay £9.75 · 41% of it spare
Asda£3.76
missing 4 items
you'll pay £5.83 · 36% of it spare
Buy at Aldi UK£8.67
large brown onions
£0.95
need 6 items2 × Nature's Pick Large Brown Onions 3 each 3 items
Aldi UK£0.95·Sainsbury's£0.32/ea£0.95·Asda£0.32/ea£0.95·Morrisons£0.95·Tesco£0.33/ea£1.00·
OcadoN/A
olive oil
£5.30/L
need 60 mlSolesta Olive Oil 1 L£5.29closest match
Aldi UK£5.30/L£5.29·Asda£10.92/L£2.73·Sainsbury's£12.00/L£3.00·Morrisons£3.00·Tesco£12.40/L£3.10·OcadoN/A
bay leaves
£245.00/kg
need 2 itemsReady, Set…cook! Bay Leaf 2g£0.49closest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Aldi UK£245.00/kg£0.49·Sainsbury's£316.66/kg£0.95·Morrisons£2.00·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
puff pastry
£0.99
need 1 itemThe Pantry Ready Rolled Puff Pastry 0.32kgclosest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Aldi UK£0.99·Tesco£3.09/kg£0.99·Asda£3.75/kg£1.20·Sainsbury's£7.81/kg£2.50·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£0.40
fresh thyme
£20.00/kg
need 3 sprigVillage Thyme 50g£1.00closest matchreal special
Sainsbury's£20.00/kg£1.00·Aldi UK£25.00/kg£0.50·Morrisons£0.70·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Morrisons£2.15
kalamata olives
£8.96/1000g
need 50 gMorrisons Pitted Kalamata Olives ( ) 240 g£2.15closest match
Morrisons£8.96/1000g£2.15·Aldi UK£1.89·Sainsbury's£12.50/1000g£2.25·Tesco£2.60·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Tesco£2.95
canned anchovy fillets
£2.95
need 45 gTesco Finest Cantabrian Anchovy Fillets 100 g
Tesco£2.95·Aldi UKN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A