Recipe: Saucy Baked Onions

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Description/Notes:

Savory stuffed onions on a bed of mashed potato with a tasty white sauce

Ingredients:

4 onions, mediun size, peeled

3 oz. (75g) grated cheese

salt and pepper

mashedd potatoes

2 tablespoons of breadcrumbs

butter

half a pint of white sauce (see Hookery Cookery Healthy Eating section)

Cooking Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 375F, Gas Mark 5, 190C
2. Parboil the onions in boiling, salted water
3. Drain, then when cooled remove some of the center with a teaspoon
4. Chop the onion which has been removed and mix with the breadcrumbs and half the grated cheese
5. Season to taste, adding a little of the white sauce to moisten, if nescessary
6. Fill the onions with this mixture, sprinkle with the remaining cheese and dot with butter
7. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 30 minutes
8. Serve on a bed of hot mashed potato and serve sauce separately