ONION FLOWERS WITH PECANS

By gaster16

Ingredients

• 6 medium size sweet onions
• 6-8 tablespoons melted butter
• 3-4 tablespoons coarsely chopped pecans
• Ground black pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Make an onion flower out of each onion by first peeling onions, leaving root end intact. Place onion on a cutting board, root end down. Cut onion in parallel slices 1/4" apart, cutting from top almost to root end. Do not cut through root end. Rotate onion and slice again at right angles to first cut making grid or chrysanthemum design.

Oil a baking dish lightly. Place onions on their root ends in baking dish. Pour butter over until onions are well coated and there is extra butter in pan for baking. Salt to taste.
Bake 1 hour, basting several times. Add a few chopped pecans to center of each onion and continue baking 20-30 minutes longer. Remove from oven and season with pepper.