Bagel 'Pizzas' With Caramelized Onions, Roasted Potatoes & Herbs Topped With A Faux Goat Cheese Creme Fraîche

• 2 plain or whole grain bagels
• 1 large spanish red onion
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons fresh goat cheese
• 1/2 tablespoon chopped chives
• 1 large red potato
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1-1/2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black ground pepper

1. Onions - Peel, discard skin & ends. Quarter and then slice into thin 1/4 circles. Set aside.
2. Garlic - Peel, discard skin. Slice and set aside.
3. Potato - Cut away any eyes or brown spots on the potato. Rinse & drop the potato in the boiling water. Reduce heat to low. Cover the pan with a tight fitting lid and cook for 10 minutes.rnrnDrop the cooked potato into some cold tap water and once it is cool enough to handle, place on a mandolin.rnrnUsing the (in my case the thickest 3.0) setting on the mandolin cut the potato into about 1/8" thick slices (slices are a little thinner in reality).
4. Place the potato slices in a bowl. Drizzle 2 tbs olive oil, salt and pepper. Toss and set aside.
5. On medium heat add the olive oil to the pan. Add the butter. As soon as the butter melts add the garlic & the thinly sliced onions. Saute for about 15 minutes on until the onions are soft and slightly brown. Remove from heat and set aside.
6. Faux goat cheese creme fraiche topping- rnrnIn a bowl, add the sour cream, goat cheese. Stir to break up the goat cheese as best you can. Add the chopped chives & stir. Set aside in the refrigerator to chill.
7. Preheat the oven to broil. Separate the bagels into halves. Toast the bagels in a toaster on the bagel setting or in a toaster oven till lightly brown.rnrnPlace the bagels on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Using a pastry brush, apply 1/2 tbs olive oil over the bagel halves.
8. Evenly distribute the cooked onions over the bagels. Arrange the potato slices overlapping if needed on the bagels. Drizzle the remaining olive oil over each bagel.
9. Place the baking tray under the broiler in the broiler pan if you have a gas stove for about 5 minutes or until the potatoes are sizzling and slightly brown.rnrnIf using an electric oven broil in the main oven for 10 minutes or so until the potatoes are sizzling and slightly brown. rnrnrnCook's Note - The bagels will also turn a nice golden brown. Do not allow the bagels to burn waiting for the potatoes to brown!
10. Arrange on a platter and top with dollops of the faux Goat Cheese Creme Fraiche. Serve Immediately.

bagels, spanish red onion, sour cream, fresh goat cheese, chives, red potato, olive oil, butter, garlic, salt, black ground pepper

Taken from food52.com/recipes/11953-bagel-pizzas-with-caramelized-onions-roasted-potatoes-herbs-topped-with-a-faux-goat-cheese-creme-fraiche (may not work)