Caramelized Onion Whipped Mascarpone ToastPlank with Toasted Hazelnuts 🌰✨⠀The viral sweet-savory toast plank that breaks theinternet. Toast, swoosh, devour. 🍯

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📝 Ingredients

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🧅 The Deeply Caramelized Onions

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・3 large yellow onions, thinly sliced

・3 tbsp unsalted butter

・2 tbsp olive oil

・2 tbsp brown sugar

・2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

・1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves

・1 tsp flaky sea salt

・½ tsp cracked black pepper

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🥖 The Crusty Sourdough Plank

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・1 long crusty sourdough loaf, halved lengthwise

・3 tbsp olive oil

・2 garlic cloves, halved

・1 tsp flaky sea salt

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🤍 The Whipped Mascarpone Cloud

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・8 oz mascarpone cheese, softened

・¼ cup heavy cream, ice cold

・3 tbsp olive oil

・1 tbsp lemon juice

・1 tsp lemon zest

・½ tsp fine sea salt

・¼ tsp cracked black pepper

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🌰 The Toasted Hazelnut Crunch

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・¾ cup hazelnuts, roughly chopped

・1 tbsp butter

・1 tsp honey

・¼ tsp flaky sea salt

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✨ The Finishing Crown

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・2 tbsp warm honey for drizzling

・Fresh thyme sprigs

・Cracked black pepper

・Flaky sea salt

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👩‍🍳 Instructions

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🧅 Melt butter with olive oil in a large pan and add the

sliced onions over medium-low heat.

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🔥 Cook the onions slowly for 35 minutes, stirring often

until deeply caramelized and mahogany.

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✨ Stir in brown sugar, balsamic, thyme, salt, and pepper,

then cook for 5 more minutes until glossy.

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🌰 Toast hazelnuts with butter, honey, and salt in a dry

pan until golden and aromatic, about 4 minutes.

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❄️ Tip the toasted hazelnuts onto parchment paper to

cool into a glossy crackling crunch.

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🥖 Brush the sourdough halves with olive oil, rub with

garlic, and toast at 425°F for 8 minutes until golden.

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🥣 Beat mascarpone with heavy cream, olive oil, lemon

juice, zest, salt, and pepper until cloud-light.

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🥄 Drag a long swoosh of whipped mascarpone across

the toasted sourdough plank using the back of a spoon.

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🧅 Pile the caramelized onions across the mascarpone

in artful overlapping ribbons.

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🌿 Scatter toasted hazelnuts, drizzle warm honey, and

finish with thyme, cracked pepper, and flaky salt.