It's a Southern delicacy I've only recently discovered, a culinary celebration of tongasmic* proportion: Vidalia Onion Pie.
Making this and/or eating a slice must be included on your personal Bucket List, it's that good. Onions…in a pie…who would've thunk it?
Then again, we are talking Vidalia onions; unusually sweet, Federally "protected" and so scrumptious the State of Georgia claimed them as Official State Vegetable (compelling evidence I'm not speaking in hyperbole). They don't cause your eyes to water like c o m m o n sweet onions, but your tastebuds might squeeze out a tear or two of joy.
I contacted the Vidalia Onion People to let 'em know I was talking about them behind their back, and–GET!! OUT!!–they've offered to ship a $40 Vidalia Onion Goodie basket to a lucky PENSIEVE reader in the U.S.! All you have to do is leave a comment; multiple entries are encouraged by Tweeting or linking this post's permalink from your Facebook page, and then commenting your Tweet URL or whatever it is you link if you've Facebooked it (Bueller??).
Plus, if you're already familiar with Vidalia onions and have a favorite recipe to share, you'll want to submit it to the "Sweet Times with Vidalias" recipe contest, where you might just win one of three cash prizes.
Here's the recipe that might well change your life and bring about World Peace…well, I'm sure it would if we could get everyone to come to Sunday Dinner!
- 2 pounds Vidalia Onions, thinly sliced
- 1 stick butter (clearly, approved by my dear friend, Paula Deen
- 3 eggs, well beaten
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/24 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- dash hot sauce
- 1 pastry shell, unbaked
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Sauté onions in butter until tender and translucent. Combine eggs and sour cream. Add to onion mixture. Season mixture and pour in pastry shell. Top with grated cheese. Bake at 450°for 20 minutes, then lower to 325° for 20 more minutes.
Serves 1, 6 or 8, depending on size of slice ;).
Note: I used my famous Perfect Pie Crust instead of a prepared shell; the edges burned slightly and the pie browned a bit too much for my liking; next time I'll use my Pie Saver or tin foil to avoid this and probably lower the temp to 425.
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* Coined by Rachel at A Southern Fairytale, her recipes always sound delish!! Check out her Mouth-watering Mondays.
** This recipe is ever-so-slightly adapted from the Onion Pie featured in "Tea-Time at the Masters: A Collection of Recipes
YUMMMMM. I love me some vidalia onions. Got any pie left for our next trip to Chattanooga?
Oh good heavens woman, do you know how much I love onions??
Summer isn’t summer without ripe, red, tomatoes, and Vidalia onions. My dad buys BAGS and BAGS of them toward the end of the summer and keeps them in his refrigerator so they will last longer. It’s a sad, sad, day when he uses his last onion and has to wait months to get another one. We have a tradition that when we see the first Vidalia onion of the year, we call each other. I have a bag sitting on my couter right now waiting to go into the potato salad I’m making for my middle daughter’s birthday party on Thursday!
Just tweeted a link back to this post!
Count me in! Yummmm!
Tweeted about it!
Oh, mercy!! No one in my house likes onions, so I could eat it all myself. What a great way to be a glutton!
LOVE, LOVE vidalia onions, being from GA and all! They are THE best. Just bought a new bag yesterday. I’d love to win a goodie pack. I’ll tweet too!
I just tweeted too!
Robin,
You may want to let your readers know they can become a friend of our super sweet (pun intended?) mascot, Yumion, by going to http://www.facebook.com/yumion. Looking forward to sending some goodies to one of your readers.
Happy cooking with Vidalias!
Wendy Brannen, Director
Vidalia Onion Committee
VidaliaOnion.org
I don’t want to be in the contest because I get these at roadside stands in Georgia and Florida, but just dropped in to say y’all want this prize!
Oh, them onions are going on my grocery list right now and the pie is getting made tomorrow! Is it bad that my mouth is watering?
Girl I love me some Vidalia onions. I might even make a trip to Vidalia, GA this summer. We have some planted too. I have seen that recipe in Paula’s book, and I have been wanting to try it. We love to grill a whole onion w/ butter and beef bouillion…SO good!!!!!!
yummy -vidalia’s are also a favorite here in lower al can’t wait to try this recipe!!
That sounds so good!! I don’t know if we have them here. If we do then they aren’t in the stores. I will have the check the market on saturday.
This whole post is curious to me. Could it be because I am a Yankee through and through. Either way you have me intrigued so enter me and I will see what I can do with those babies 🙂
I actually made this puppy for Thanksgiving a year or two back. My family loved it but for some reason I haven’t made it in a long while.
I think it’s time for some onion pie!
I make something similar, only I use heavy cream (instead of sour) and fontina (instead of parmesan). Love it.
Another: equal parts chopped onion, chopped orange slices, and olives. It is a surprisingly tasty salad.
I have family from Vidalia. Those onions are so good, other onions should be ashamed of themselves. I will try this recipe. Thanks.
I absolutely LOVE vidalia onions! They are the BEST!!! Hope I win–I’m mentioning this on Facebook!
Oh my gosh, I would SO love to win this! I’m a Southern girl stuck in a Northern body, and I do love the onions.
This is going to be my next surprise dinner for my soon to be college bound son who ADORE’s Vidalia onions, and I adore him so perfectomundo!! I’ve never heard of Vidalia Onion Pie but alas this looks TOTAL YUMMSVILLE!!
Gonna try your perfect pie crust as well! And Oh goody!! more fun recipes to try “Tea Time at the Masters,” and Rachel, and I adore Paula Deen’s recipes, and . . . and . . . and!
Sounds yummy! Thanks for entering me:)
I tweeted too!
I have never tried Vidalia ONion Pie, but I am willing.. It sounds absolutely wonderful.. I love Vidalia onions.
Thanks for the awesome chance at the basket.
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I tweeted on Twitter..
http://twitter.com/JustAuntrene/status/2413445708
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Count me in! I can’t wait to try the pie! 🙂
Yum, Vidalia pie!! Count me in for sure. Sweet Vidalias are a staple in the south so you know I need some!!
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You’ve sold me…I’ll give this deliciousness a try! 🙂
I don’t know if I’ve ever tried Vidalia onions… So here’s hoping I win the giveaway! 😉
This sounds absolutely YUMMY. Can you believe I’m from the South and have never even had Vidalia Onion Pie. Something must be wrong with that! I will give this a try, though I am probably the only one in my house who will eat it. Guess I’ll have to eat the whole thing myself! 🙂
I had onion pie in France. It was quite tasty. I’m guessing it was brought over here to New Orleans and spread. I’ve never made one myself, but danged if you don’t make me want to give it a try. Mmm.
Wow. This sounds so weird I have to try it. Same reason I tried maple bacon cookies a few weeks ago. Oh. My. Goodness. I think they are my new favorite cookie. My kids think mom just likes weird food.
did you know that back in the 70s (I think) that there were several meetings between WW sweets & vidalias sweets —
the two communities would have a taste off.
That was before sweets were available year round. The bermuda, WW’s, and vidalias were very seasonable.
My recipe uses half n half, and saltines form the crust.
Just the photo makes me hungry! I just might have to run to the grocery store after work 🙂
I want a tonguegasm!
I will eat a raw Vidalia on anything!
YUM! I can’t wait to make this! Consider yourself bookmarked 😉
How fun! Who knew vidalia onions could even BE contacted?! Much less their own facebook page!
BTW, I hope everyone knows that the correct pronunciation for vidalia is V-eye-dail-ya. (Just imagine Paula saying it…)
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Oh wow. Seriously gonna have to try this pie. Looks delicious.
We always jump for joy when we see the vidalias in the store. (And I’m not from the south!) I’m going to try this recipe this weekend for one of our 4th of July cookouts! Looks nummy!
just tweeted you!
Oh, onion lover here too.
Can’t wait to try the recipe!
Mmmmmm. I can think of all sorts of things to do with 40 lbs of Vidalia onions. Like simply saueting them with butter, and lightly salting and eating out of the pan. . . . LOL!!! We do like our onions at my house.
Would love some Vidalia onions…then I can make the pie. Looks yummy!
This sounds delicious!!
Yummmm…I can’t wait to make this. Sounds like a good dish to take to the 4th of July picnic.
Yum! Pick me!
sounds yummy. how do you measure 1/24 t. salt??? smallest measurer i have is 1/8 t. thanks.
Nice 😀
I LOVE vidalia onions!! Fell in love with them when we had them in South Carolina and found a salad dressing made with those scrumptious onions!! Thanks for the contest!
http://twitter.com/SeasideTales/status/2453536597 — I tweeted the contest and deadline of today, too 🙂
Thanks!!
That sounds really, really good. I wonder if we have any onions here…?
Hey Amy…guess what? Thanks to a random shout out on Twitter, YOU’RE the winner!!! 🙂
i’m an onion addict 🙂 please count me in for the great giveaway! 🙂
I tweeted you here! 🙂
I am all. over. this! like a duck on a June bug! Thanks, Robin!