Baked Onions, No. 2

Ingredients

• Boil as directed in the preceding recipe
• add to it a cupful of milk
• stir in a table-spoonful of flour
• more butter, if desired
• salt
• and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Boil without peeling, and bake for an hour without enclosing in papers, basting frequently with butter.

2. 2

   When done, peel and lay in a warm serving dish.

3. 3

   Set the pan on the stove, add milk, and when it boils, stir in flour mixed with cold milk.

4. 4

   When creamy, add salt, pepper, and more butter if desired; pour the sauce over the onions, and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 123. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BAKED ONIONS, NO. I. The large Spanish onions are far milder and more deli- cate than the usual winter varieties. Wash the onions clean, trim the bottoms but do not peel, and boil for an hour in slightly salted, boiling water. If the onions are desired very mild, change the water twice during the time, replenishing with more boiling water. Having drained them well, take each onion separately, wipe it dry and roll in a square of tissue or buttered paper, twisting the paper at the top to keep it closed. Place the onions in a baking-pan, and bake an hour in a slow oven. When done, remove the papers, peel the onions and place them in the serving dish ; pour melted butter over them, dust with salt and pepper, and serve. PAKED ONIONS, NO. 2. Boil as directed in the preceding recipe, without peeling, and bake an hour without enclosing them in papers, but basting frequently with butter. When done, VEGETABLES. 28 1 take them up carefully, peel, and lay them in the serving dish, which should be placed where it will keep warm. Set the pan upon the top of the stove, add to it a cupful of milk, and, when this boils, stir in a table-spoon- ful of flour wet with a little cold milk. When the whole is creamy, add salt and pepper, and more butter, if de- sire

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