Everything Hash Brown Cake With Pickled Red Onions And Green Onion Creme Fraiche Recipes

GREEN ONION CAKES

Steps:

• Use a fork to mix flour and boiling water in a large bowl. Knead dough into a ball. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; let dough rest for 30 to 60 minutes.
• Evenly divide dough into 16 pieces. Roll each piece into a 1/4 inch thick circle. Brush each circle with oil, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon of green onions. Roll up, cigar style; coil each pancake and pinch open ends together to form a disc. Roll each circle flat to about 1/4 inch thickness.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large skillet. Fry cakes until golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side. Add more oil between batches, if necessary.

PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan.
• Stuff onion slices into a pint-size Mason jar. Pour some of the boiling water over the onions. Let rest for 10 seconds. Pour out water through a mesh strainer, keeping onions in the jar. Repeat twice more to cook onions slightly.
• Measure vinegar into a bowl. Stir in salt and sugar until dissolved. Add peppercorns. Pour vinegar solution over onions. Seal and shake well.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving so that the flavor develops.

QUICK-PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Place onions in a medium heatproof bowl. Bring vinegar, sugar, and salt to a boil in a saucepan; pour over onions. Let cool completely. Refrigerate, covered, at least 2 hours and up to 1 month.

ONION CAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp; drain bacon and discard pan drippings. In the same skillet, cook onions in butter until tender. Cool. , In a large bowl, combine sour cream, flour and salt; add eggs. Stir in the bacon and onions; set aside. , Separate crescent roll dough into four rectangles. Pat dough onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a greased 9-in. square baking pan, stretching as needed. Pinch edges together to seal. Pour onion mixture over dough. , Bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until the topping is set and crust is golden. Cool slightly before cutting into small squares. Serve warm.

POTATO CAKE WITH ONION

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.
• Prick potatoes in several places with a fork.
• Bake potatoes in a large shallow baking pan until tender when pierced with a sharp knife, about 1 1/2 hours. Transfer to a rack to cool completely, then chill, uncovered, at least 8 hours.
• Peel potatoes, then shred with slicer into a bowl. Coarsely grate onion on large teardrop-shaped holes of a box grater, then wrap in 2 layers of paper towels and squeeze gently to remove excess moisture. Toss together potatoes, onion, salt, and pepper with a fork.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon oil in a 7- to 8-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then add potatoes, spreading them evenly and tamping them down with a rubber spatula. Reduce heat to moderate and cook Rösti until underside is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Wearing oven mitts, invert a flat plate over skillet, then invert Rösti onto plate. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and remaining tablespoon oil to skillet and heat until foam subsides, then slide Rösti (browned side up) back into skillet with rubber spatula. Cook until underside is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and cut into 6 wedges.

GREEN ONION CAKES

Steps:

• Measure flour & Salt into food processor. With lid in place & machine running, pour hot water slowly into the chute until dough starts to form a ball.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead for 1 minute or until smooth.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 30 minutes.
• Shape into long roll, and divide into 12 portions.
• Put green onion into bowl, and take one of the 12 portions of dough and slightly flatten between your palms.
• Press each side into green onions. Knead into dough, and shape into flatten circle. Roll out on slightly greased surface with greased rolling pin into an 4.5 inch circle. Repeat with remaining dough. Keep onion cakes covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying out.
• Heat oil in non-stick frying pan on med-high heat.
• Arrange 4 onion cakes in single layer on pan. Cook both sides, flattening down with lifter, until brown patches appear. Don't over cook, they should be soft, pliable and chewy.
• Remove to paper towels to drain. Sprinkle with salt. Cut in to 2-4 pieces.

AMISH ONION CAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook onions in 1/2 cup butter over low heat for 10 minutes. Stir in the poppy seeds, salt, paprika and pepper; cook until onions are golden brown, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; set aside. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and sugars. Cut in 1-1/4 cups butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Melt the remaining butter. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, sour cream and melted butter. Make a well in dry ingredients; stir in egg mixture just until moistened. , Spread into a greased 10-in. cast-iron skillet or springform pan. Spoon onion mixture over the batter. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Serve warm.

GREEN ONION CAKES

Steps:

• Add salt to flour in a mixing bowl and mix throughly.
• Add honey to hot water in a separate cup or dish until the honey melts and mixes with the water.
• Slowly add water/honey mixture into the flour while stirring the flour.
• Knead the mixture until smooth (approximately 5 minutes). If it is too dry add a little extra water. If it is too wet, add a little flour.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• After at least an hour remove mixture and roll into a sausage shape and divide into 10 equal portions. You will work with one cake at a time so cover the others so they don't dry up.
• For each portion of dough, roll into a ball between the palms of your hands, then on a floured surface roll the dough out into a thin round pancake.
• Sprinkle the surface of the dough with green onions.
• Roll the pancake into a sausage shape, trapping all the green onions inside the dough.
• Roll the dough again along the length of the sausage to make a coil shape.
• With the coil still standing up on your counter top flatten it with the palm of your hand (if you flatten it with the coil lying flat on your counter, the onion cake will open up while cooking).
• Roll the dough into a circle about 5 inches in diameter and place to the side while you make the rest of the cakes.
• Heat up the oil in a frying pan or skillet at a medium heat and fry each cake, one side at a time, until it is light brown.
• Cut into quarters and serve with chili garlic dipping sauce.