German Zwiebelkuchen
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 6
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
Method
- STEP 1For the dough:
- STEP 2Dissolve 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.
- STEP 3Add 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.
- STEP 4Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- STEP 5Saute the onion'rings' with the bacon in a large skillet, until the onions are transparent, and soft.
- STEP 6This should take about 10 minutes.
- STEP 7In a seperate bowl, mix the eggs, the creme fraiche, the nutmeg, and pepper together with a whisk until well incorporated and smooth.
- STEP 8Roll 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.
- STEP 9Pour the egg-creme fraich mixture over the top and put it in the oven for 30-40 minutes, or until golden brown on top.
