Baked Parmesan Vidalia Onions
Learn how to make your own sweet and buttery blooming onions topped with Parmesan cheese that is perfectly paired with steak, soup, or salad.
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- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- 4large sweet onions
- 4tablespoons butter, cold; divided
- 1teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ¼teaspoon black pepper
- 14to 16 tablespoons Parmesan cheese , grated; or to taste
- Garnish: Chopper parsley or chives, to taste
Instructions
Step 1
Gather the ingredients.Step 2
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Peel the onions. Shave the roots a bit to neaten them but don't remove the root end.Step 3
Cut each onion into eighths, cutting just to the root, but not through. Very gently slightly separate the layers of the onion.Step 4
Place each onion on a large, lightly greased square of foil.Step 5
Cut 1 tablespoon of butter into very small pieces and scatter the pieces over the onion and among the layers. Sprinkle the onion with salt and pepper and about 3 to 4 tablespoons of the Parmesan cheese. Repeat with the remaining onions.Step 6
Wrap the foil around each onion to seal and arrange them in a 9 x 13 x 2-inch baking pan .Step 7
Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour.Step 8
Serve and enjoy!