Deep-Dish Sweet-Onion Pie

Name: Deep-Dish Sweet-Onion Pie
Yield: 6 servings as a main course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 packet dry yeast; ¼ cup warm water; ¼ teaspoon sugar; ½ teaspoon caraway seeds; About 2½ cups all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons butter; 4 medium-large sweet onions cut into ½-inch dice (3 cups); 1½ tablespoons flour; ¾ cup milk; ¾ cup milk; ¼ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ pound cottage cheese; 3 eggs

Preparation info

6
servings as a main course

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1986

About

If you were to cross an Alsatian onion tart and a Sicilian pizza you might come up with this plump, chewy pie. Served with a ripe tomato salad and crisp Italian white wine, it makes a lovely lunch or light supper; cut into small rectangles and offered with an icy Riesling or Gewurztraminer, it makes a luscious appetizer.

Ingredients

Crust

1 packet dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
¼ teaspoon<

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Method

Dissolve yeast in warm water with sugar. Proof until fluffy; if mixture does not bubble up, begin again with fresh ingredients.
In small saucepan heat butter, milk, salt, and caraway seeds, stirring until butter almost melts; do not heat more than this. Pour into large bowl. Add ¾ cup<