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Smoked Meat German Onion Pie

by Editorial Staff

German Onion Pie is a savory pastry in the form of an open tart filled with delicious onion and smoked meat filling. There are a lot of onions in the filling, it is he who is the main ingredient, but you should not worry – after preliminary heat treatment, the onions become absolutely not bitter.

Summary

Cook Time1 hour 50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 50 minutes
CourseDessert
Servings (Default: 6)

Smoked Meat German Onion Pie Ingredients

For the dough:

  • Flour – 125 g
  • Butter – 25 g
  • Milk – 75 ml
  • Dry yeast – 3 g
  • Salt – 0.5 teaspoon without slide
  • Sugar – 0.5 teaspoon
Smoked Meat German Onion Pie

For filling:

  • Onions – 250 g
  • Butter – 25 g (for onions) and 10 g (for baking)
  • Smoked meat – 50 g
  • Cumin – 0.25 teaspoon
  • Salt – 0.5 teaspoon without slide
  • Egg – 1 pc.
  • Cream of any fat content – 50 ml
  • Flour – 0.5 tablespoon.
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Smoked Meat German Onion Pie Instructions

  1. Pour salt, sugar and yeast into warm milk. Stir.
  2. Pour flour into a bowl, pour in the dough and melted and cooled butter.
    Smoked Meat German Onion Pie step 2
  3. Knead the dough, put it in a ball and, covering the bowl with a clean kitchen towel, put in a warm place for proofing for 1 hour.
  4. While proving the dough, prepare the pie filling. To do this, peel and cut the onions into small cubes.
  5. Melt the butter in a skillet or saucepan, send the onion there and cook over medium heat until the onion is soft and transparent. The onions should not become ruddy, in no case should they be fried, they should rather be stewed. Season the onions with salt while cooking.
  6. When the onion is clear and soft, dust it with flour.
  7. Stir the onion, heat for a minute and remove from the stove.
  8. Cut any smoked meat into strips.
  9. Combine the egg and cream in a bowl, mix with a fork.
  10. In another bowl, combine the onion, 3/4 of the smoked meat, the egg-cream mixture and the cumin.
  11. Stir. The onion pie filling is ready.
  12. Pound the matched dough.
  13. Roll out the dough into a layer and put it in a mold, forming a side about 1.5-2 cm high. (I baked a cake in a silicone mold with a diameter of 24 cm.)
  14. Spread the filling over the dough.
  15. Spread the remaining smoked meat and pieces of butter on top.
    Smoked Meat German Onion Pie step 15
  16. Bake the onion pie in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
  17. Transfer the finished pie with onions and smoked meat to a platter and let it cool.
  18. German onion pie is ready to serve. This cake is traditionally served with beer, but it is no less tasty with any other drink.
    Smoked Meat German Onion Pie step 18

Bon Appetit!

Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

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