Onions in Onions

Cooking Instructions

Cook the large onions in boiling salted water, covered, in a heavy saucepan till just barely tender. If they are too tender they will not work for this particular dish.

Cook the pearl onions in a small amount of boiling salted water in a covered saucepan till just tender. If you use the canned onions, merely heat through in their liquid.

Run cold water over the large onions and cut them in half crosswise. Remove the center rings to leave a hole approximately 1 inch in diameter. Fill with 3 or 4 of the tiny onions and place the halves in a buttered and heated baking dish which can be used for serving. Spoon the cream sauce over the onions and sprinkle with the buttered crumbs. Run under the broiling unit about 4 inches from the heat to brown quickly.

This will serve 6 or 12. It is very pretty on a plate with roast beef and a browned potato or with a roast of lamb.