Onion or leek pie

by Don  

Ingredients

  • 9-inch pie shell, cooled
  • 2.5 lbs of Bermuda onion, sweet onions, or leeks
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • (1 tbsp minced fresh herb or 1 tsp dill or celery seed)
  • 4 strips of fried bacon or crumbled, cooked sausage

Method

  • Preheat oven to 450°F.
  • Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. Add the onions. Stir and cook over low heat until they are translucent. Cool them well.
  • Combine and heat slowly until blended the eggs, sour cream, salt, pepper, and herbs. Pour mixture into the pie shell. Bake the pie in a 450° oven for ten mintues.
  • Reduce the heat to 300° and bake until crust is light brown, about half an hour.

2020-10-28: Tonight I tried the recipe for the first time. I used the quick cornmeal crust from "Diet for a small planet." Poured in the onion mixture. I cooked it at 450° for ten minutes. The recipe said to add another 30 minutes at 300°, so I checked it at 25 minutes. Still too runny. I was cooking in a square Pyrex dish 8.5" by 8.5", which takes longer to heat, so I assumed I would have to adjust the cooking time. I added another 10 minutes. Still too runny. I added another 20 minutes. Still too runny. Added another 20 minutes. Still too runny. Added another 20 minutes. Okay, it's probably cooked now. Please, God, let me not kill me or my guests.

I put it in the fridge overnight. Ate it the next evening. Pretty good. Outside of slicing the onions, this is a quick and easy recipe.

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