Autumn Baking: Onion Tart

Since it's officially autumn now (well, it's kind of been autumn for like a month already) it's time for a cheeky little food post, isn't it?!

Being from Germany, and especially the south-west of Germany, I couldn't imagine autumn without Onion Tart and New Wine. It's just one of those sundays, where you stay in bed until the first rays of sunshine tickle your nose, you open the window and breathe in the crisp morning air. You hop into the car, drive through a paradise of red and yellow trees and end up in some family's yard who sell apples, pumpkins and New Wine. New Wine you might wonder? It's basically grape juice fresh from the vinyards, which slowly starts to ferment into wine. It's delicious, believe me. 

You end up buying way too much of it, as well as onions and apples and since you already bought them, you might as well just turn them into Onion Tarts and Apple Cakes. That's what a perfect autumn sunday sounds like to me. Baking and drinking wine. Hell yeah!

And because I am a generous person I thought I'd share this recipe with you in order for you to have one of these fantastic autumn days. You feel like warm crispy bacon in a creamy onion cake? If the answer is yes, get yourself some onions and get baking!

Recipe for one cake

For the dough you'll need:

250g of Plain Flour

1/2 packet of Yeast

2 tbsp of Rapeseed Oil

125 ml of Milk

1 pinch of Salt

For the filling you'll need:

500g of White or Brown Onions 

50g of Unsalted Butter + a pinch of salt

3 eggs

125ml of Milk

1/2 tsp of Salt

1 pinch of White Pepper

1 pinch of Nutmeg

4 tbsp of Heavy Cream

100g of Diced Bacon

1) Put the flower in a big bowl and form a little whole in the middle, where you want to put the yeast and work it together with the milk and oil until it's dissolved. Knead the dough until you got a big ball of it. Put a lid on the bowl and leave it to stand somewhere warm for around 1 hour. 

2) Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Peel the onions and either cut them into small slices or work them through a grater. Heat up the butter in a pot and leave the onions to simmer for around 30 minutes or until they've become soft and translucent. A small pinch of salt will help the onions to cook. 

3) Now you can cream together the other part of the filling. In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the milk, the spices and the heavy cream, but leave the Bacon out. 

4) Once your dough has been resting for an hour, take it out of the bowl and put in a cake tin, remember to work it up the sides, as well.

5) Put the onions into the cake tin, pour the egg-milk-mixture over it and sprinkle the bacon on top.

Bake it for around 35 to 40 minutes at 200° Celcius. 

Best served warm with a glass of some nice New Wine. Any other wine would work, as well!