Swabian Onion Pie (schwaebischer Zwiebelkuchen)
Ingredients
- 4 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 3 1/2 ounce (7 TS) butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 5 ounce milk
- 1 ounce compressed yeast or 2 TS dry active yeast
- 4 pound onions, thinly sliced
- 3 ounce bacon, diced
- 1 1/2 cup sour cream
- 4 eggs
- 5 TS flour
- 1 pinch each of caraway seeds and salt
Instructions
First mix yeast with 2 TS milk and 1 ts sugar. Allow to rest for 10 min. before making dough. Combine ingredients for the dough and allow to rise in warm place for 30 minutes. For filling, slice onions thinly, saute with margarine or butter without browning them. Fry bacon quickly and mix with sour cream, eggs, flour, caraway seeds and salt and combine with onions. Roll out dough and place in large greased springform. Spread topping evenly on dough and bake in preheated 430 F (220 C) oven for approx. 1 hour till golden brown. Serve warm.