Onion Pie Recipe Page

Recipe for Onion Pie

Ingredients;

six large onions yellow or white * approx. 2˝ cups chopped
1 stick (˝ cup) butter
2 eggs
1/3 cup flour
ž cup parmesan cheese
1 pie crust

Stuff you need;

Large Deep Skillet
Large mixing bowl (ceramic or glass, not wood or metal)*
Wood mixing Spoon/Spatula
Sharp Knife
Oven Mitts
the Ingredients, see above

What to do

Dice or slice* the onions while melting the 1/2 cup of butter slowly in large skillet.
With Buttered melted, slowly add the onions*
Cook onions till they appear clear and remove from heat immediately
Pour onion/butter mixture into the mixing bowl
Allow to cool completely, approx 30 to 40 minutes depending on local conditions
Put pie-crust in oven on middle rack and brown it slightly, approx.10 minutes @ 300°F / 149°C *
With onions completely cooled add, the 2 eggs and blend well and evenly in the mixing bowl
Blend in the parmesan cheese and the flour
Remove pie-crust when lightly browned and pour onion mixture into pie-shell
Set oven at 350°F - 176°C and put pie in oven
Bake until 'knife comes clear' approx. 40 - 45 minutes
(Optional) at 30 min. sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top of pie *
Allow pie to cool a bit before serving so it will firm up and make for better slices.

~ Voila! ~ onion pie yumm

Onion Pie !

The Onions

The onions should be large yellow or whites. The hotter the better. Ever buy onions that were just too hot to put into your sandwich or salad? Well, onion pie can take care of what to do with all those too-hot-to-eat-onions!

Utensils and Bowls

It is important to note that metals of all kinds have a negative effect on onions. If you can, use a glass or ceramic mixing bowl and rubber or wooden mixing utensils. Try not to use a wooden mixing bowl as experience has showed that the onion and butter smell is difficult to wash out. My wood bowl was tainted for weeks afterward no matter how much soap I used.

To Slice or dice

I have found that slicing the onions works best for this recipe as regards the overall flavor and consistency. Although dicing does work, avoid this method if possible.
Cutting the onion in half cross-wise and make thin slices as you would for a sandwich works best in the final product.

Clear Onions

This term refers to cooking the onions in just-barely-melted butter in a frying skillet until they appear clear. if you brown the onions(Yumm!) they will NOT work for this recipe so, you may just have to get that liver out of the freezer and and enjoy your onions with that. I cannot stress enough, the importance of this aspect of the recipe.

Cooling Onions

It is very important that you allow the onion-butter mixture to cool completely before adding the other ingredients. A key element here is to make sure that the eggs and flour do not cook whilst being blended into the mixture.
cooling times depend greatly on where you set the bowl with the clearonion-butter mixture. At normal room temps this may take up to an hour. If time is a factor, you can greatly speed up the process by folding the mixture every 15 minutes or so allowing the heat to escape from the interior portions.

Temperature conversion calculator

Thanks go out to the folks at U.C. Berkeley Chem Dept. for their Temperature Conversion Calculator

Optionals

About ten minutes before the pie is done, sprinkling a small handful of parmesan cheese on the top of the pie will produce an attractive golden brown crisp, allowing for better presentation and more robust flavor.

Additional notes

Please Note:Garlic does this recipe no good whatsoever trust this, don't waste the onions!
A cold slice of onion pie with Tabasco© is a surprisingly refreshing treat.

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