Pissaladiere

Onions--3 kilos for 1 euro. Despite the fact that we get garden fresh onions at the Saturday market, sometimes a bargin is just too hard to resist. We like the Carrefour chain which in the media is often referred to as a Walmart equilivant. Sure. Please let me know the next time you see fresh truffles to buy in your Walmart. We were at Carrefour during a euro special when many nice looking veggies were on special. I went for the onions but they sat in the fridge while we went to Provence. So yesterday I was determined to have a go at them. After a slow and steady cook for 2 hours, there was a wonderful panful of carmalized onions. Lunch was onion soup and dinner was this pissaladiere. We had bought both anchovies and black olives in Nice. RXC tried the dough recipie that was in the NY Times last week. And as luck would have it, just as we were about to construct the pissaladiere, I turned the page of an old Cook's Illustrated I was going through, and there was an article about making the perfect "Provencal Pizza". They suggested putting the thyme, anchovies and olives under the onions so they would not dry out. Zut alors! We had forgotten the thyme so out to the garden to correct that ommission. The flavors were wonderful together and the Cook's suggestions spot on.