Ingredients
The following ingredients have 6 Servings
- premade pie dough (top and bottom crusts)
- 5 large yellow onions sliced (enough to fill the pie plate once cooked)
- 1 tablespoon salted butter
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 3/4 cup grated sharp cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper (to taste )
Instruction
- Prepare pastry and line a 9 inch pie plate. Reserve pastry for the top.
- Place one tablespoon of butter in a frying pan and sautee the onions for 15-20 minutes until tender. Let onions cool and remove any extra liquid.
- Place the onions into the pie plate.
- Prepare the white sauce. In a small saucepan, melt the butter and add the flour and mix together.
- Mix in the milk slowly, combining until there are no lumps.
- Heat the liquid until it's thickened. Stir in the cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour the cheese sauce over the onions in the dish evenly.
- Place the top pie crust on top, pinch seams to seal and cut vents for steam.
- Bake at 450 degrees on the bottom rack in your oven for 10 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to 350 and cook another 35 minutes, until the pie is nicely browned and the filling is set..