Cheese and Onion Pie vs Bauernfrühstück (German Farmer's Breakfast)

Both dishes share potato, onion, butter and egg, but use them very differently. The Cheese and Onion Pie mashes boiled potatoes with slowly caramelised onions, mature cheddar and milk into a creamy filling sealed in buttery shortcrust pastry, with egg merely brushed on for a golden top. Bauernfrühstück fries cubed potatoes in butter and rendered bacon fat until golden, then binds them with whisked eggs set gently in the skillet. One is a soft, rich baked pie; the other a rustic skillet dish brightened by fresh parsley and crisp bacon.