Onions with cheese
Simple oven-baking caramelises onions' natural sugars, making them oozily rich and sweet. These flavourful onions are good enough to be the star or the show: eat as a main with just a pile of fluffy brown rice. Or try as a side to lamb, chicken or steak. Switch the Parmesan for another hard cheese to keep it vegetarian.
Ingredients
- 8 medium white onions, peeled
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp Parmesan, grated
- pinch nutmeg
- 250ml single cream
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- salt and pepper
Method
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Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Place the onions in a lightly oiled baking tray, one that fits them in snugly side by side.
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Step 2
Pour over a little olive oil and bake in the oven for about an hour until soft. Remove the onions from the oven, then turn up the heat to 220°C/Gas 7.
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Step 3
In a bowl, mix together the Parmesan, nutmeg, salt, pepper and cream. Pour the cream over the onions and sprinkle with the paprika.
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Step 4
Return the dish to the oven for about 15 minutes until golden and bubbling.
