Onion and Sour Cream Pie, Massachusetts
(Adapted from the NYTimes New England Cookbook)
This is VERY similar to Mama’s Vidalia Onion Pie http://netcookingtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3981
but uses bacon and bacon drippings instead of butter. A few other differences.
I made this recipe as written, but I like Mama’s idea of hot sauce, so I served the pie with some Frank’s at the table. I’m sure the parm. Cheese would be excellent, too!
Served with some EXCELLENT chicken, spinach and feta sausages.
Lee
Onion and Sour Cream Pie
5 slices bacon
3 cups thinly sliced onion (I used Vidalias)
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup dry white wine or sherry
3 eggs, lightly beaten
Salt and pepper
1/8 teas grated nutmet
1 T fresh dill, minced
1 unbaked 8 or 9 inch pie crust
Cook bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon, drain, crumble and reserve. Pour off all but 4 T bacon drippings.
Saute onions in bacon fat until golden brown (this takes at least a half hour, since the onions exude a lot of water).
Preheat oven to 450.
Combine sour cream, sherry, eggs, salt, pepper, nutmeg and dill. Add in the onions and bacon.
Bake the pie shell for 10 minutes or until golden. Reduce oven temp to 350. Pour in the filling and bake for 30 minutes, or until set.
Yield: Eight servings
(Adapted from the NYTimes New England Cookbook)
This is VERY similar to Mama’s Vidalia Onion Pie http://netcookingtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3981
but uses bacon and bacon drippings instead of butter. A few other differences.
I made this recipe as written, but I like Mama’s idea of hot sauce, so I served the pie with some Frank’s at the table. I’m sure the parm. Cheese would be excellent, too!
Served with some EXCELLENT chicken, spinach and feta sausages.
Lee
Onion and Sour Cream Pie
5 slices bacon
3 cups thinly sliced onion (I used Vidalias)
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup dry white wine or sherry
3 eggs, lightly beaten
Salt and pepper
1/8 teas grated nutmet
1 T fresh dill, minced
1 unbaked 8 or 9 inch pie crust
Cook bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon, drain, crumble and reserve. Pour off all but 4 T bacon drippings.
Saute onions in bacon fat until golden brown (this takes at least a half hour, since the onions exude a lot of water).
Preheat oven to 450.
Combine sour cream, sherry, eggs, salt, pepper, nutmeg and dill. Add in the onions and bacon.
Bake the pie shell for 10 minutes or until golden. Reduce oven temp to 350. Pour in the filling and bake for 30 minutes, or until set.
Yield: Eight servings