Sarasotas Simple Swiss Bacon Onion Pie Food

ONION SWISS PIE

Steps:

• Make crust of butter& crackers in a 9 inch pie plate.
• Fry bacon till crisp; drain and crumble.
• Fry onion in small amount of bacon fat.
• Combine Swiss cheese, sour cream, eggs and pepper in bowl.
• Add bacon and onions& pour into shell.
• Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle the sharp cheddar cheese on top.
• Let stand 10-15 minutes before serving.

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.

VIDALIA ONION PIE WITH BACON AND CHEESE

Steps:

• MAKE THE PASTRY: In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. With a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter in until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Blend in the sour cream. Sprinkle on 1 tablespoon of the water and work it into the dough, adding up to 1 more tablespoon of water to form a dough that can be gathered into a ball. Pat the dough into a disc shape, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a 12-inch circle, then fit it into a 9-inch pie pan. Trim the overhang to an even 1/2-inch all the way around. fold the overhang over and crimp the dough to form a decorative border. Prick the bottom of the crust lightly with a fork. Refrigerate the pie shell for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line the pie shell with foil and fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove the foil and beans, and bake the pastry for 8 to 10 minutes longer, or until lightly golden. Remove the pie shell from the oven and reduce the the oven temperature to 375 degrees.
• MAKE THE FILLING: In a large skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. Reserving the fat in the skillet, drain the bacon on paper towels; crumble and set aside.
• In the bacon fat, saute the onions over medium heat until softened but not browned, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, sour cream, flour, nutmeg, and pepper.
• Spread the onions evenly over the bottom of the pie shell. Sprinkle the reserved bacon and the cheese evenly on top. Pour the custard mixture into the pie shell and bake for 20 minutes, or until the custard has set and the top is golden brown.
• Serve pie warm, garnished with the parsley.

CHOLERA PIE (SWISS ALPINE BACON, POTATOES & APPLE PIE )

Steps:

• Cut the bacon in small sticks thick as a matchstick and as wide as a cigarette is thick Fry the bacon with no added fat over medium-high heat until it becomes soft. Reserve.
• Wash the leek and finely chop it. Peel the onions and slice them thinly. Fry onions and leek in the bacon's remaining fat until they are soft and start turning brown.The author at FX says "I can't emphasize enough how important is this browning process. If you add every ingredient raw to the pie it will just boil and you'll miss half the flavor.".
• Start by peeling the cooked potatoes and grate them coarsely. Salt.
• Peel, core and dice pears and apples. Save this for last lest they turn brown.
• Dice the cheese, heat the oven to 375 and prepare your ingredients around a large baking tray with parchment paper on it.
• Spread the puff pastry onto a baking sheet. Spread the potatoes evenly on the pastry, leaving a good 2.5/1'' space all around.
• On this bed of potatoes, lay the pear and apple cubes and cover them with the onion and leeks and then the bacon.
• Finish with the diced cheese and sprinkle with crushed black pepper.
• Cover with the second puff pastry sheet and carefully seal around the edges. Make a few holes on top with a fork to let the steam escape.
• Beat the egg yolk or whole egg and paint the pie with a kitchen brush. This will turn it golden when it bakes.
• Bake for 30 minutes in a hot oven (190°C) until golden.
• Let it rest for 5 minutes before slicing with a long and very sharp serrated blade.