Onion Gratin

photo by *Parsley*




- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cups onions, quartered and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄4 cups milk
- 1⁄2 cup light cream
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, to taste
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper, to taste
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 hard-boiled eggs, thinly sliced
- 1 cup gruyere cheese or 1 cup swiss cheese, grated
- 2 tablespoons bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled-or 4 strips
directions
- In a large size heavy skillet melt the butter and cook the onions over medium heat until soft, between 15 and 20 minutes, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon. You do NOT want the onions to be crunchy later.
- Add flour, stirring, and cook about 1 minute.
- Gradually stir in milk and cook 4 minutes; add cream, salt, and pepper.
- Remove skillet from stove top and set aside to cool slightly.
- Preheat oven to 400*F.
- When oven is pre-heated, taste sauce and adjust with more salt and pepper to suit your taste preferences (I like to add quite a bit more pepper).
- After taste adjustment, add 1 beaten egg to the cooled onion mixture and whisk thoroughly to combine.
- Pour the onion sauce into a lightly sprayed pie dish.
- Cover with layer of egg slices and sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes-depends upon your oven.
- Top with bacon crumbles.
- Allow to set for 5 minutes so that it will set up and be easier to plate.
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Reviews
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Made as a prize for the *Best of 2008* cookbook game, we liked this a lot but the recipe & prep did require a fair amt of tweaking to get a good result. As agreed, I made this as a casserole in a pie plate as the volume of ingredients & layering did not allow prep in 4 individual serving dishes & this generously serves 6 IMO. I used a mix of red + white onion & the onion was still crunchy after 4-5 min. I agree 45 min is too long to cook the onion & feel cooking them to the start of caramelising would be ideal + add a flavour boost. There also was an excess of sauce & I suggest reducing the milk amt by 1/4 cup. Changing to 6 servings + reducing the milk amt will also improve the nutritional data. Salt & pepper are matters of pers pref, but I found it in need of both & suggest tasting the sauce & adjusting S&P prior to assembly. Oven time was spot-on for melting the cheese + lightly browning & I suggest a rest time b4 serving to allow for best texture. For me in the future, I will prob do 2 more things: 1) Omit the bottom egg layer as it tended to get lost there, but was welcome atop the mixture & 2) Add an egg to the sauce mix to aid set-up & ease of serving. Thx for sharing this recipe w/us. It is really quite good & I hope others will try it. :-)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
WiGal
Butternut, Wisconsin