Ham and Sweet Onion Sandwiches with Parsley Butter

• 3/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 large sweet onion such as Vidalia or Walla Walla
• 4 slices good-quality whole-wheat sandwich bread
• 1/4 lb thinly sliced cooked ham (preferably Black Forest)

1. Finely chop parsley in a food processor, then add butter and salt and blend to a paste.
2. Cut 4 (1/8-inch-thick) slices crosswise from center of onion, reserving remainder for another use.
3. Spread 1 1/2 teaspoons parsley butter on 1 side of each slice of bread.
4. Arrange 1 onion slice on each of 2 bread slices and spread each with 1 1/2 teaspoons parsley butter, then top each with one fourth of ham.
5. Repeat layering with remaining onion, parsley butter, and ham, then cover with remaining bread slices, buttered sides down.

parsley, unsalted butter, salt, sweet onion, bread, ham

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ham-and-sweet-onion-sandwiches-with-parsley-butter-106745 (may not work)