Onion Kuchen Food

GERMAN ZWIEBELKUCHEN (ONION PIE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a jelly-roll pan or large pizza pan with prepared dough, making sure dough extends up sides of pan.
• Saute onion in a skillet until translucent and pour cooked onion into a large mixing bowl. Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, chop and add to onion; mix well.
• Stir in sour cream. Beat eggs enough to break up yolks, then mix in to pie mixture. Add flour to thicken mixture (onions will create a lot of water), then add salt. Mix well and pour mixture into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with caraway seed.
• Bake in preheated oven for about 1 hour, or until onions start to turn golden brown on top.

GERMAN ONION PIE (ZWEIBELKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400º F.
• Saute bacon.
• Drain most of the fat from the pan.
• Add the onions and saute until clear.
• Do not brown.
• Set aside to cool.
• Beat the eggs and sour cream together in a medium-sized bowl.
• Sprinkle the flour over the top and beat it into the sour cream mixture.
• Stir in the salt and pepper.
• Prick the bottom of the pie shell several times with a fork.
• Spread the onions and bacon over the bottom of the pie shell.
• Pour the sour cream mixture over the top.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350ºF.
• and bake for another 15 minutes or until pie is nicely browned.
• Serve hot!

QUICK ONION KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) Heat butter in a large skillet. Saute the sliced onions until soft and translucent; set aside.
• Line a 10 inch quiche pan with bread. Place cooked onions in an even layer over the bread. In a small bowl, combine eggs, sour cream, salt, white pepper and caraway seeds. Pour egg mixture over bread and onions, then lay bacon strips over top.
• Bake in the preheated oven 25 to 30 for minutes, or until filling is set.

ONION KUCHEN

Steps:

• Sauté onions slowly in the butter just until soft in a medium-sized frying pan.
• Separate the biscuits; place in a single layer in any ungreased 8-inch cake pan.
• Spoon onion mixture on top.
• Beat egg slightly in a small bowl; blend in sour cream and salt.
• Spoon over onion mixture; sprinkle with poppy seeds.
• Bake at 375 for 30 minutes or until topping is set.
• Slice in wedges and serve warm.

GERMAN ZWIEBELKUCHEN

Steps:

• For the dough:
• Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm milk, and add the sugar and a dash of the flour, stir, cover and keep in a warm place for ten minutes.
• Add the rest of the dough ingredients in the pastry mixer and blend until you have a ball.Cover and keep in a warm place for twenty minutes until the dough rises.
• Preheat the oven to 200°C.
• Saute the onion'rings' with the bacon in a large skillet, until the onions are transparent, and soft.
• This should take about 10 minutes.
• In a seperate bowl, mix the eggs, the creme fraiche, the nutmeg, and pepper together with a whisk until well incorporated and smooth.
• Roll the dough out into a flat, large roasting pan (you want something with a slight edge to it) and then pour the onion and bacon mixture over the dough and spread it out to cover the dough evenly.
• Pour the egg-creme fraich mixture over the top and put it in the oven for 30-40 minutes, or until golden brown on top.

GRANDPA'S ONION KUCHEN-GERMAN

Steps:

• 1. I use a 9" springform pan, greased sides and bottom. My grandpa used a cast iron skillet.
• 2. Stir yeast into the warm milk with 1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar. Let it foam. Then add to warm half/half or warm cream.
• 3. Slightly beat the yolk with a fork. Combine the flour, salt, butter, yolk and remaining sugar in bowl. Mix well. Add the yeast mixture and mix well. Refrigerate in a covered bowl. The next day take the dough out of the refrig. and let it rest to warm sightly to room temp. Beat the egg white till it well foamed, just before it starts to peak. Fold in the batter.
• 4. Topping: Cook the bacon until crisp, drain, and crumble it. Set aside. Melt butter or use the bacon greased in a skillet on high heat, do not brown the butter. When hot add the onions, turn down heat and cook until soft and slightly golden. Add the flour and mix it well to incorporated into the onions and butter. Transfer onions to a bowl and cool.
• 5. In another bowl add the eggs, salt, and nutmeg and beat until foamy. Add the onions. Add the bacon on top.
• 6. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface. Place in pan and let rest for 30 minutes. Place dough in well greased pan and add the topping. Bake in center oven at 375* for about 50 minutes or until golden brown.