German (Original) Onion Cake
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Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 295.3
- Total Fat: 12.1 g
- Cholesterol: 90.1 mg
- Sodium: 485.4 mg
- Total Carbs: 36.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
- Protein: 10.5 g
View full nutritional breakdown of German (Original) Onion Cake calories by ingredient
Introduction
This original German onion cake is easy to make and can be served with salad or a side dish of your choice. It goes well with a glass of red wine for dinner on a cool evening. This original German onion cake is easy to make and can be served with salad or a side dish of your choice. It goes well with a glass of red wine for dinner on a cool evening.Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
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Dough
Flour, white, 1 cup and later another 0.5 cup
Yeast, bakers, 1 ounce
Salt, 1 dash
Water ( as required)
Olive Oil, tsp
Filling
Onions, raw, 2 large
Ham, extra lean, (5% fat), 130 grams
Margarine, 75 grams
Sour cream, light, 200 grams
Egg Yolk, 2 large
Granulated Sugar, 6 tsp
Directions
Filling
Melt margarine in a frying pan and add onions( Onion cut in 1/8 and then halfed again). Glaze onions at low heat without allowing them to get brown. Add ham and cook for another 5 minutes. Ensure that ham is not crisp but soft. Place it refrigerator for at least 30 min while making the dough.
Dough
Combine 1 cup of sifted flour, a dash of salt and olive oil. Place the yeast in a mold in the middle of the mixture and add a few table spoon of warm water. Let it stand for 5 minutes. then gradually add water and mix the dough until it loosens from the bowl's wall.
Put the light in your oven on and place the dough in a metal bowl. Cover the bowl with a clean towel without ouching the dough and let it raise for 30 minutes.
Punch the dough down and add 0.5 cups of flour until the dough no longer sticks to the walls of the bowl. Place the dough in a greased baking pan ( app. size of an A4 sheet) raise the sides of the dough 1.5 cm high and place the towel over the pan back in the oven for another 10 minutes.
Remove baking pan from the oven and add onion/ham mixture. Place sugar, sour cream and egg yolks in a bowl and mix well to get creamy consistency. Pour mixture over onions/ham that is resting in the baking pan. Ensure that all mixture in inside the dough and none on the edges of the baking pan. Bake at 400 degree F or 180 degree C for 30 minutes. (Ensure that no onions stick out and up because they would get burned)
Serve with side dish of your choice and a glass of red wine.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MHABICHT.
Melt margarine in a frying pan and add onions( Onion cut in 1/8 and then halfed again). Glaze onions at low heat without allowing them to get brown. Add ham and cook for another 5 minutes. Ensure that ham is not crisp but soft. Place it refrigerator for at least 30 min while making the dough.
Dough
Combine 1 cup of sifted flour, a dash of salt and olive oil. Place the yeast in a mold in the middle of the mixture and add a few table spoon of warm water. Let it stand for 5 minutes. then gradually add water and mix the dough until it loosens from the bowl's wall.
Put the light in your oven on and place the dough in a metal bowl. Cover the bowl with a clean towel without ouching the dough and let it raise for 30 minutes.
Punch the dough down and add 0.5 cups of flour until the dough no longer sticks to the walls of the bowl. Place the dough in a greased baking pan ( app. size of an A4 sheet) raise the sides of the dough 1.5 cm high and place the towel over the pan back in the oven for another 10 minutes.
Remove baking pan from the oven and add onion/ham mixture. Place sugar, sour cream and egg yolks in a bowl and mix well to get creamy consistency. Pour mixture over onions/ham that is resting in the baking pan. Ensure that all mixture in inside the dough and none on the edges of the baking pan. Bake at 400 degree F or 180 degree C for 30 minutes. (Ensure that no onions stick out and up because they would get burned)
Serve with side dish of your choice and a glass of red wine.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MHABICHT.