Roast red onions
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for roast red onions by Rodney Dunn from The Agrarian Kitchen.
- 10 mins preparation
- 2 hrs cooking
- Serves 6
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Ingredients
- 6 Spanish onions, unpeeled
- 6 thin speck slices (see note)
- 3 thyme sprigs, leaves removed
- 30 ml extra-virgin olive oil
Method
Main
- 1Preheat oven to 180C. Trim onion bases with a sharp knife, then cut a cross about two-thirds of the way into top of each onion. Place speck slice in each, transfer to a small roasting pan, season to taste, scatter with thyme leaves, drizzle with olive oil and roast until very tender (1 hour 45 minutes-2 hours). Serve onions in skins with <a href="roast-loin-of-wessex-saddleback.htm">roast loin of Wessex saddleback</a>.
Notes
Speck is salt-cured, smoked boned pork leg. You can substitute prosciutto or flat pancetta.