Stuffed Onions In Tomato Sauce

Serves: 2

Eda Schinner

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

50

Spice

53

Sweetness

46

Sourness

36

mins

Prep time (avg)

5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsp

Allspice

2

Eggs

1 tsp

Dried Basil

Directions:

1

Place onions in boiling salted water to cover

2

Cook 10 minutes and drain

3

Cut a thin slice off top of each onion and carefully squeeze out inside ribs, leaving 2 larger, outer ribs intact

4

Finely chop inner ribs of 1 onion and set aside

5

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

6

Heat enough clarified butter in saucepan to cover base

7

When hot, add garlic, tomatoes, salt, pepper and sugar

8

Add wine and boil gently, uncovered, for 10 minutes

9

In another pan, heat some clarified butter and add onion innards and minced beef

10

Brown meat and reduce heat, add bacon and season with salt, pepper and allspice

11

Stir together and fry gently for 2 minutes

12

Transfer meat mixture to bowl, add eggs, parsley stalks, basil and oregano

13

Spoon this mixture into reserved large onion ribs

14

Place onions in ovenproof dish

15

Strain tomato sauce and pour around onion

16

Add bay leaf to sauce

17

Place in oven and cook 20 minutes

18

Place baked onions on serving platter and quickly reduce sauce

19

Strain over onions and garnish with chopped parsley leaves