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Onion Blossoms 
Serves: 4

4 large sweet onions
salt to taste
4 teaspoons vinegar
4 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons pecans
freshly ground pepper
fresh parsley, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Peel the onion, leaving the roots
trimmed but intact. Cut in 1/4-inch slices from stem to root, but
don't cut through the root end.  Turn each onion at right angles
and cut again so that when you stand it on its root end, it will
form a flower design.

Oil a baking dish lightly. Salt the onions and place them on their
root ends in baking dish. Sprinkle vinegar over each onion and
dribble butter over them until well coated.  Cover lightly with
foil and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, basting several times. Add a
few chopped pecans to the center of each onion and continue baking
together 1/2 hour.

Remove from oven; season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with
chopped parsley. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Printable version: onion-blossom01.txt.