Yesterday, I was googling for the recipe for Sauerbraten since I didn't feel like getting up to drag the cookbook out. While doing so, I came across a blog that mentions "onion pie." It's a yeast dough with lots of butter for the bottom, fit down into a regular cake pan with short walls pushed up (though I'd use a springform if I was making), heavily sprinkled with bread crumbs. The onions are caramelized, cooled, and mixed with eggs and sour cream or creme fraiche. Mixture is poured on top of the dough/breadcrumbs, and then baked. It was served as part of an Oktoberfest meal. The blogger mentions that she inherited the recipe from her husband's grandmother and that during the meal her husband's uncle mentioned that the "onion pie" was always served AFTER the meal with coffee, like a dessert.
Craig's grandmother (German) never made anything like this for them. I Googled and apparently it is actually a German dish. Sometimes it's made with bacon, sometimes with various spices. Most of the recipes though seem to imply it's like an appy, snack, or a light lunch served with a glass of wine, not as a dessert with coffee. Just wondering if anybody else had ever heard of it and/or seen it used as a dessert?
Craig's grandmother (German) never made anything like this for them. I Googled and apparently it is actually a German dish. Sometimes it's made with bacon, sometimes with various spices. Most of the recipes though seem to imply it's like an appy, snack, or a light lunch served with a glass of wine, not as a dessert with coffee. Just wondering if anybody else had ever heard of it and/or seen it used as a dessert?
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