french onion smashed tots
serves 4-8 | 40 minutes
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flat cup for squishing
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1/2 bag tater tots (~400g)
~150 ml onion jam
1/2 cup sour cream
200 g gruyere cheese, grated
handful of fresh thyme
fresh cracked pepper
make your tots
preheat oven to 400F. Place tots on a parchment lined XL sheet tray, leaving space between each. Bake for 10 minutes.
remove from oven and use a flat cup to squish down to about 1/4 of an inch thick (if your tots are sticking, lightly oil the bottom of the cup and/or wipe between each tot and/or don’t squish down quite so hard). Return to oven and bake for another 25ish minutes until crispy and golden (they MUST be crispy before you top them).
assemble the french onion-ness
grate your cheese and prep your thyme while tots are baking.
once tots are baked, top each one with a small spoon of onion jam (about 1/2 tsp), the same amount of sour cream, then top everything with cheese, fresh thyme and fresh black pepper.
return to oven and bake another 5-10 until cheese is melted and bubbly.
