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🍽️ Swabian Onion Cake

676 kcal · 85 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Crumble the yeast into a small bowl.
  2. 2. Dissolve the yeast in some of the lukewarm milk.
  3. 3. Stir sugar and a little flour into the milk-yeast mixture.
  4. 4. Continue stirring until a thick liquid forms.
  5. 5. Dust the surface of the mixture with a little flour.
  6. 6. Cover the bowl.
  7. 7. Let the dough rise in a warm place until the volume has doubled.
  8. 8. Add the risen pre-dough to the remaining flour.
  9. 9. Immediately add the salt and the rest of the milk.
  10. 10. Knead the dough until it is smooth.
  11. 11. Add the very soft butter to the dough.
  12. 12. Continue kneading until the butter is well incorporated.
  13. 13. Let the finished dough rise in a warm place.
  14. 14. Line a 30 or 32 cm cake pan with baking paper.
  15. 15. Press the risen dough evenly into the pan.
  16. 16. Form a crust from the dough.
  17. 17. Sauté the finely diced onions in butter until translucent.
  18. 18. Stir constantly while doing so.
  19. 19. Sauté the onions for about 10 minutes.
  20. 20. Make sure the onions do not turn brown.
  21. 21. Stir the flour into the onion mixture.
  22. 22. Let the onion mixture cool down.
  23. 23. Beat the two eggs.
  24. 24. Stir the beaten eggs and the cream into the cooled onion mixture.
  25. 25. Season the filling generously with salt.
  26. 26. Pour the filling into the dough-lined pan.
  27. 27. Distribute the smoked ham evenly over the filling.
  28. 28. Sprinkle the caraway seeds evenly over it.
  29. 29. Place a few small flakes of butter on the surface.
  30. 30. Preheat the oven to 200 °C top and bottom heat.
  31. 31. Place the cake on the middle rack.
  32. 32. Bake the cake for about 35 to 45 minutes.
  33. 33. Serve the onion cake warm.

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