Gevulde Uien

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 large onions
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 lb ground lean lamb
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 6 tablespoons grated gouda cheese
• 1 cup beef broth or 1 cup beef bouillon

Recipe

• 1 cut tops off the onions and scoop out the insides, leaving a 1/4-inch-thick shell.
• 2 cook onion shells 5 minutes in boiling salted water; invert on a plate to drain.
• 3 chop the insides of the onion finely and saute in 2 tbs of the butter over very low heat 10 minutes.
• 4 mix the sauteed onions with the lamb through fresh ground pepper and use mixture to stuff the onions.
• 5 top each onion with 1 tbs grated cheese and dot with 1 tsp of butter.
• 6 place onions in a shallow baking dish and add broth.
• 7 bake at 400f 30 minutes, basting occasionally with the broth.