Onion Gratin With Fresh Thyme
- 6 medium onions (Spanish or red or a mixture)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon thyme, fresh
- 12 teaspoon salt
- fresh black pepper, 3 grinds
- 12 cup whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons dry white wine
- 12 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 12 cups gruyere cheese, grated
- Place rack just above centre; preheat oven to 375.
- Thinly remove both ends of onions; peel onions.
- Cut each in half around the equator.
- Using a sharp knife, cross hatch these inner surfaces with cuts about 1/2 inch apart, going quite deeply down, but not through narrow ends of rounds.
- lay them snugly, cut side up, on a rimmed baking tray.
- Drizzle with oil, sprinkle with chopped thyme, salt and pepper.
- Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
- Transfer onions, cross hatched side up, fitting snugly into a baking dish just large enough to hold all in a single layer, such as a large oval gratin dish or a 9 - 13 inch disyh.
- Stir cream with wine; pour over onions.
- Cover dish with foil; continue baking for 25 minutes or until onions are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.
- Remove dish from oven; uncover onions.
- Increase oven temperature to 450.
- Sprinikle onions with Parmesan; then with Gruyere.
- Bake uncovered for 8 minutes or until cheese is golden and sauce is bubbling.
- Serve garnished with chopped thyme.
onions, olive oil, thyme, salt, fresh black pepper, whipping cream, white wine, parmesan cheese, gruyere cheese
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/onion-gratin-with-fresh-thyme-436440 (may not work)