172. Onions Stuffed

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (7)

twelve large onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
veal forcemeat ↝ Veal, ground, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]
a little chopped eschalot
parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
mushroom ↝ Mushrooms, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
white broth ↝ Soup, broth [Soups, broth-based]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (10)

Peel twelve large onions.
Cut a piece off at the top and bottom to give them a flat appearance, and which adds a better flavor if left.
Blanch them in four quarts of boiling water twenty minutes.
Lay them on a cloth to dry.
Take the middle out of each onion.
Fill them with veal forcemeat (with a little chopped eschalot, parsley, and mushroom, mixed in it).
Put them in a sauté-pan well buttered.
Cover them with white broth.
Let them simmer over a slow fire until covered with a glaze, and tender.
Turn them over and serve where required.

Original Text

172. Onions Stuffed.—Peel twelve large onions, cut a piece off at the top and bottom to give them a flat appearance, and which adds a better flavor if left, blanch them in four quarts of boiling water twenty minutes, then lay them on a cloth to dry; take the middle out of each onion, and fill them with veal forcemeat (with a little chopped eschalot, parsley, and mushroom, mixed in it), and put them in a sauté-pan well buttered, cover them with white broth, let them simmer over a slow fire until covered with a glaze, and tender; turn them over and serve where required.

Notes

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