Stuffed Spanish Onions

Ingredients

• 5 or 6 medium-sized Spanish onions
• 2 oz. finely chopped ham
• 3 or 4 oz. bread-crumbs
• A few drops of lemon-juice
• I oz. butter
• Seasoning

Method

1. 1

   Mix the bread-crumbs, ham, lemon-juice, and seasoning well together.

2. 2

   Peel the onions, boil till soft, but not broken.

3. 3

   When done, remove from the pan, and quickly take out the centre from each.

4. 4

   Fill the cavity with bread-crumbs, etc.

5. 5

   Put the onions in a tin, scatter bread-crumbs over the top, put a piece of butter on each, and bake in a steady oven for 30 minutes.

6. 6

   Serve on a hot dish, with some thick brown gravy poured round the onions.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Household cookery (1905) by E. Crichton, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stuffed Spanish Onions 5 or 6 medium-sized Spanish onions. 2 oz. finely chopped ham. 3 or 4 oz. bread-crumbs. A few drops of lemon-juice. I oz. butter. Seasoning

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