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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 75 Minutes |
Ready In: 75 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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a Goody for Christmas Ingredients:
20 pearl white onions, peeled about 3 lbs. |
1/4 c butter |
1/4 c flour |
2 c milk |
1 sm onion, studded with 3 whole cloves |
1 bay leaf |
1/8 ts nutmeg |
salt and pepper to taste |
dash ground mace |
1/4 c minced chives |
Directions:
1. Boil the onions in salted water to cover until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain well. Melt the butter in another saucepan, add the flour to the butter, and cook over low heat for 2 minutes. Do not brown.
2. Meanwhile, bring the milk to a boil in a small saucepan. Whisk the hot milk into the butter-flour mixture and continue whisking until the sauce is smooth.
3. Then add the cloved onion, bay leaf, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and mace. Simmer for 20 minutes. Strain.
4. Add the onions to the cream sauce and reheat. Add salt and pepper, garnish with the chives, and serve.
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