Instructions: Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Chop in the butter and work with fingers until mealy. Add the egg and blend until consistency of pie dough. Add cream if dough is not moist enough. Working lightly, pat into bottom and sides of 9" layer-cake pan. Brush with egg white (this prevents crust from becoming soggy).

Filling:
2 cups chopped onion (4 large)

2 slices bacon, diced
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon caraway seeds (optional)

1/2 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 medium eggs, beaten

Cook onion and bacon in butter until very soft. Add salt and caraway seeds.

Stir in flour and slowly add cream. Remove from heat. Add a little of mixture to eggs, then combine the two. Spoon into pastry-lined cake pan. Bake in 375 degree oven until pastry is crisp and golden and filling is firm. Sometimes a yeast dough is used. Sometimes bacon is omitted and a mixture of 1/4 cup sour cream and 1 beaten egg is poured over onions before baking.

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