Cheese and Onion Pie

Name: Cheese and Onion Pie
Yield: Makes one 9-inch (23-cm) pie
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 recipe Butter Pastry Dough, bottom crust prepared to make a double-crust pie; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream; 1 Yukon gold potato, coarsely grated; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 onions, quartered and finely sliced; ¼ cup (60 ml) whole milk; 6 ounces (170 g) grated hard cheese or crumbled soft cheese, about 1½ cups; 2 tablespoons minced chives; Sprig of thyme; Egg Wash

Preparation info

Makes
one
9 inch pie

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pie for Everyone

By Petra Paredez

Published 2020

About

Cheese and onion pie is an English classic that is typically made with Red Leicester cheese or aged cheddar. I like to make this pie with a bright orange Mimolette-style cheese called Harvest Moon, made in Goshen, New York, which lends not only its beautiful color but a nutty flavor as well. Alternatively, using an aged cheddar like Cabot cloth-bound makes for a rich and intense filling, while a soft farmer’s cheese makes a lighter and milder pie. Use red or yellow onions for a bold onion f