Zwiebelkuchen ( Southwest German Onion Cake) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    For the dough
    25 g fresh yeast
    1/4 liter lukewarm milk
    375 g flour
    60 g butter
    1 egg
    1/8 teaspoon salt
    1/8 teaspoon sugar
    For the topping
    1 kg onion, peeled and cut into rings
    150 g raw bacon, diced
    500 g creme fraiche
    4 eggs
    1/8 teaspoon pepper
    1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
Preparation
    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 225\u00b0C.
    Sautee the onion'rings' with the bacon in a large skillet, until the onions are transparent, and soft, but not caramelized.
    This should take about 10-15 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.

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