Question on Zwiebelkuchen

melissa-dallas

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Apparently some bakers use raw onions in filling and some saute. What do you think?

Here is the recipe I’m looking at:

Onion Cake - Zwiebelkuchen

Bread-Yeast

Prep Time: 20 mins | Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Dough

250 g flour (= 2 cups)

50 g Butter (a little less than 1/2 stick)

150 ml luke warm warm milk (=1/2 cup and a little more)

1 tsp. yeast

1/4 tsp. salt

Filling

500 g onions (2 1/2 large onions)

50 g Butter (a little less than 1/2 stick)

300 g sour cream (1 1/4 cups)

1 tbsp. flour

3 ct. eggs

75 g bacon, cubed (1/4 cup)

some butter, unsalted

some caraway seed (optional)

Directions:

Add the flour to a large mixing bowl.

Add the warm milk and the soft butter.

Sprinkel the tsp. of yeast onto the warm milk.

Mix shortly, then add the salt.

Mix on high speed for 5 minutes.

Cover with a tea towel and set aside to a warm place to rise.

For the filling cutt and cube the onions. (Keep tissue nearby to dry your tears)

Optional: Use the butter to fry the onions. Otherwise mix onions, butter and sour cream in a bowl.

Scramble the eggs and add the onion mix. Stir.

Add the tbsp. flour and stir again until the mass is nice and smooth.

When the dough has about double the size, you can roll it and cover a baking pan on the bottom and rim.

Add the onion-egg mix.

Sprinkle the bacon on top.

Bake at 425°F for about 30 minutes. Check inbetween and make sure the center is fully cooked before you serve the Onion Cake.

Source: http://mygerman.recipes/onion-cake-zwiebelkuchen/

 
Haven't made this, but I've never met a caramelized onion I didn't like. But raw onion, even

in something baked, upsets my stomach and leave my tongue burning. Ask my mother's meatloaf...somehow the raw onions she added put me off meatloaf for most of my life. I finally realized sautéing all the veggies FIRST made all the difference in the world.

...so on that note, every bit of my Eastern European heritage says go for cooked, not raw.

 
I think sauteed too

I think less moisture in the sour cream custard would be better too.

Now, if I could have it sitting in the German vineyard drinking new wine with I’d be happy. A friend over there and her husband made their annual pilgrimage for it last week. Apparently Zwiebelkuchen and new wine are a seasonal thing to go do.

 
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