Onion Gratin With Fresh Thyme

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 medium onions (spanish or red or a mixture)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon thyme, fresh
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• fresh black pepper, 3 grinds
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons dry wine
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 cups gruyere cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 place rack just above centre; preheat oven to 375.
• 2 thinly remove both ends of onions; peel onions. cut each in half around the equator. using a sharp knife, cross hatch these inner surfaces with cuts about 1/2 inch apart, going quite deeply down, but not through narrow ends of rounds. lay them snugly, cut side up, on a rimmed baking tray.
• 3 drizzle with oil, sprinkle with chopped thyme, salt and pepper. bake uncovered for 20 minutes. transfer onions, cross hatched side up, fitting snugly into a baking dish just large enough to hold all in a single layer, such as a large oval gratin dish or a 9 - 13 inch disyh.
• 4 stir cream with wine; pour over onions. cover dish with foil; continue baking for 25 minutes or until onions are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife. remove dish from oven; uncover onions.
• 5 increase oven temperature to 450.
• 6 sprinikle onions with parmesan; then with gruyere. bake uncovered for 8 minutes or until cheese is golden and sauce is bubbling. serve garnished with chopped thyme.