Herb Baked Sweet Onions with Butter

Serves 5 in about 1 hour. A stove recipe built around rosemary and garlic.

Ingredients

• 5 sweet onions (see notes)
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
• 2 cloves garlic
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter (or 1 tbsp. per onion)

Method

1. Warm oven to 400°F. Prep the herbs by mincing them.
2. Cut the tops and bottoms off of the onions and peel them. Then score them in an X shape about ½ inch deep. Set in the baking dish. keep it nearby.
3. To a small bowl, add the olive oil, rosemary, thyme, parsley, garlic, salt, and black pepper.
4. With a garlic press, add the garlic to the bowl with the oil & herbs. Stir together well.
5. Brush the tops of the onions with the herbed oil mixture and spoon the herbs on top of each onion. Use all of it.
6. Set a pat of unsalted butter on top of each onion.
7. Set the lid on the baking dish and bake for 50 minutes. Then remove the lid and bake another 15 minutes.
8. Plate each onion with some of the liquid from the baking dish.

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