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

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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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7/24/2014

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review by puppitypup

7/24/2014

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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review by TammyLouise

2/28/2010

I really loved this. My kids were not a crazy about it though. I was not sure what to expect, the flavor was very good. I could have ate this by itself for breakfast. I might try this again if I am going to have a lot of people over. See what they think.

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review by Dominique353

9/30/2009

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 :)

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