I’m going to quickly jot down how I did this so I don’t forget. It was a really special meal. So delicious! I served it with roasted Italian sausage links and eggplant au gratin. Yummy!

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Cut about a dozen small roma tomatoes in half lengthwise. Prepare a large baking sheet by covering it with foil and sprinkling with a little bit of olive oil. Place the tomatoes, cut side up, on the baking sheet and sprinkle with olive oil and a little sea salt or kosher salt. Take 5 cloves of garlic and wrap in a foil bundle with a few Tbsp. water. Place the foil bundle on the baking sheet with the tomatoes. Roast the tomatoes (and the garlic bundle) for 30-35 minutes at 375 degrees F, or until the bottoms of the tomatoes are brown. Remove from heat and let cool. (I saved the leftover tomato-flavored olive oil to use in a salad dressing some day.)

While the tomatoes are roasting, swazz olive oil in a large skillet, sprinkle in about a tsp. of dried thyme. Heat the oil and then add 5 cups sliced red onion and a tsp. salt. Saute until the onions are brownish and soft. Remove from heat and let cool.

Open the foil bundle and remove the garlic from the skins. Mash.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place a single pie crust on parchment paper, or a silpat, on a baking sheet. Heap the onions in the center of the pie crust, then dab the garlic over the top. Place the tomatoes on top of that. Remember to leave an edge around the pie crust. Sprinkle with goat cheese crumbles. Fold the edge up, it will be haphazard, but it’s a “rustic” pie so haphazard is good. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the center bubbles and the crust is nicely browned.

Ingredients:
1 dozen small roma tomatoes
Olive oil
Salt
5 cloves garlic
Few tablespoons water
1 tsp. dried thyme
5 cups sliced red onion (about two medium)
1 single-crust pie crust, unbaked
Crumbled goat cheese