Stuffed Onions

Ingredients

• large Spanish onions
• one ounce of finely-grated Parmesan or Cheshire cheese
• the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs
• one ounce of butter
• three ounces of bread-crumbs
• one salt-spoonful of salt
• half that quantity of pepper
• a spoonful or two of milk

Method

1. 1

   Partly boil the onions and drain until nearly cold.

2. 2

   Cut the tops and scoop out the centers.

3. 3

   Mix cheese, minced egg yolks, butter, bread-crumbs, salt, and pepper with milk.

4. 4

   Fill the onions with the mixture, brush with egg and bread-crumbs, and bake until browned.

5. 5

   Serve with brown gravy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1021. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one ounce of finely-grated Parmesan or Cheshire cheese, the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs minced very finely, one ounce of butter, three ounces of bread-crumbs, one salt-spoonful of salt, and half that quantity of pepper. Mix all weU together with a spoonful or two of milk. Fill up the onions with the forcemeat, brush them over with egg and bread- crimibs, and bake them until nicely browned. Serve on a hot dish, with brown gravy poured over them. Time, half an hour to boil the onions ; three-quarters of an hour to bake. Probable cost, lOd. Sufficient for four persons. Onions, Wkite, for Garnishing Stewed Chicken pr Veal. — Take a dozen freshly-gathered silver onions of a mode- rate size, cut a thin slice off each end, and blanch them in boiling water for a quarter of an hour. Drain them well, dry them in a cloth, take off the outer skins; put them into a stewpan with a salt-spoonful of salt, a salt- spoonful of sugar, and as much water as mil cover them. Let them simmer gently until they are tender, without being at aU broken. Drain them, and, a few minutes before they are served, put them into the stew which they are intended to garnish. Time, about three-quarters of an hour to sinmier. Pro- bable cost of onions, 3d. Sufficient for a dish of veal for three or four persons. Onions, with Beef-steak, &e.— Take two large Spanish onions

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