These delicious herby baked onions make a great snack, starter or side
(21 votes)
Cook: 1 Hour
Serves: 8
Price: 47p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 191g serving contains
Energy
1230kj
294kcal
1230kj
294kcal
15%
Fat
20.4g
20.4g
High
29%
29%
Saturates
6.9g
6.9g
Med
35%
35%
Sugars
6.9g
6.9g
Med
8%
8%
Salt
1.17g
1.17g
Med
20%
20%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
644kj/154kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
644kj/154kcal
Ingredients
8 onions, peeled, tops and bases sliced off
2tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
8 pork sausages, meat removed from skins
Few stalks thyme, leaves only, plus sprigs to garnish
Zest 1 lemon
3tbsp breadcrumbs
25g flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
25g Parmesan, finely grated
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
2
Put the onions in a roasting tin and drizzle over 1tbsp of the olive oil. Roast for 15 mins until softened.
3
Meanwhile, heat the remaining olive oil in a large frying pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 min. Add the sausage meat and thyme leaves, and season with black pepper. Cook, stirring, for 10 mins or until the sausage meat is no longer pink. Stir in the lemon zest.
4
Remove the onions from the oven, leave to cool a little, then carefully remove the inner section from each one. Roughly chop this onion and stir into the cooked sausage meat. Use this mixture to fill each onion, then scatter the breadcrumbs over the top.
5
Put back in the oven and cook for 20-30 mins until golden. Sprinkle the onions with the chopped flat-leaf parsley, grated Parmesan and sprigs of thyme to serve.