German Onion Pie (Zweibelkuchen)

Name: German Onion Pie (Zweibelkuchen)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 1 Pie, 8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon, thick, diced; 2 cups peeled and chopped yellow onions; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 cup sour cream; 1 tablespoon flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper; 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

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Submitted by Miss Annie

"This recipe is from Jeff Smith's The Frugal Gourmet on our Immigrant Ancesters. Try it, it's great."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 1 Pie
Serves:: 8-10

ingredients

4 slices bacon, thick, diced
2 cups peeled and chopped yellow onions
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

directions

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!

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Reviews

SO GOOD! I have made this twice now to bring to parties and it has been very well recieved. The filling is a breeze to make and very tasty. I highly recommend this everyone.

Michelle S.
This was divine!!! Thank you a thousand times over. I had this from someone once, and I am glad to now know how to make it myself! Very easy, and yummy! Made no changes!

~*Miss Diggy*~
VERY good with one to two teaspoons of caraway seeds added (sehr echt!).

Minta
This tasted great! I've been trying all sorts of onion recipes and this one reminds me a lot of perogies.. yum. The only two things I would do differently for next time would be 1) use a homemade crust as store bought was too fragile to lift the pie piece out of the pie plate and 2) mix the onion/bacon mixture into the sour cream/egg mixture as in recipe#952. Otherwise it was great :)

Dominique353
Delicious! I served this pie alongside bratwurst and a green salad. Hubby said he thought it was the best dinner I'd made all year. We all loved it. Thank you for a keeper Miss Annie!

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