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Onion Cake (Zwiebel Kuchen)

Serves 8-10

INGREDIENTS

  • 6 strips of bacon
  • 4 medium onions roughly chopped
  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 8oz tube refrigerated crescent  rolls, thawed

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a medium size skillet, fry bacon until crisp. Drain and discard drippings. Crumble bacon and set aside.
  2. In same skillet, melt butter and cook onions until tender. Cool.
  3. In a large bowl, mix together sour cream, flour and salt.
  4. Add cooled onions and bacon. Stir well.
  5. Add eggs and mix well. Set aside.
  6. Pat thawed dough into the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9x9" pan.
  7. Pour onion/egg mixture over dough.
  8. Bake in a preheated 375* oven for 30 minutes until firm and slightly browned on top.
  9. Cool slightly before cutting and serving.

NOTES

This recipe is from my Grandmother who grew up in Wiesnthal, on the Czech and German border. She would always make this for me on cold wintery nights at our home in Rhode Island. I make it now for my annual Oktoberfest dinner. Recipe by Scott Neuse