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Onion Tart

4 servings

Ingredients

• Yeast dough (see bread rolls, buns, or white bread) (as needed)
• 3 l Onions (peeled, sliced)
• Lard (as needed)
• Egg (for brushing) (a little)
• 0.25 l Cream or good milk
• 3 pcs Eggs
• 0.75 tbsp Flour
• Salt (to taste)

Instructions

1. Prepare yeast dough as for rolls, beat thoroughly, and let rise.
2. Meanwhile, sauté the peeled, sliced onions in lard until soft but white, then drain on a sieve.
3. Roll out the dough thinly, place it on a greased baking sheet, form a rim about 5 centimeters high all around, and let rise.
4. Brush the rim with egg, evenly cover the tart within the rim with the onions, and bake in a hot oven until almost done.
5. Pour over a mixture of cream or good milk, eggs, flour, and salt, and continue baking until the tart is fully cooked.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.