Holiday Stuffed Onions

• 10 large onions
• 12 cup butter (1 stick)
• 1 lb sausage (Farmer John is the best)
• 2 cups soft breadcrumbs (make your own in the food processor, the stuff in the can is no good)
• 23 cup half-and-half
• 12 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 12 teaspoon fresh thyme
• 1 12 cups beef broth
• 1 cup dry white wine

1. Peel and scoop out center of onions.
2. Leaving a shell about 1/4 inch thick.
3. Chop enough of the centers to make 3 cups.
4. Blanch onion cases in boiling water for 5 minute Remove from water and let drain upside down.
5. Saute chopped onions in 1 stick butter.
6. Add 1 lb sausage meat.
7. Crumble and saute until no longer pink.
8. Soak 2 cups bread crumbs in 2/3 cups half and half.
9. Squeeze half and half into the bread.
10. Add soaked bread to sausage and onions.
11. Simmer stuffing, stirring for 5 minutes ans season with 1/2 cup chopped parsley, 1/2 tsp thyme and salt and pepper to taste.
12. Season onion shells with salt and pepper and fill with stuffing.
13. Arrange them in a shallow baking dish just large enough to hold them.
14. Pour 1 1/2 cup beef broth and 1 cup dry white wine around the onions.
15. Dot the onions with butter and bake at 350F for 45 minutes, basting them a few times with the liquid.
16. Transfer the onions to a serving dish.
17. Reduce the liquid in a saucepan to at least half.
18. Pour it over the onions and sprinkle with chopped parsley.

onions, butter, sausage, breadcrumbs, fresh parsley, thyme, beef broth, white wine

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/holiday-stuffed-onions-197258 (may not work)