Vegetables
Onions
Baked Potatoes With Onions
Baked potatoes with onions are great when served with apple sauce and rich gravy of your choice.
Ingredients:
3 large potatoes
6 medium onions
2 teaspoons sage
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon each salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
1. Peel the potatoes and cut them lengthways into slices about half an inch thick or a bit less.
2. Place potato slices in a baking tin or dish which has been well greased with 2 tablespoons butter.
3. In the meantime peel and boil the onions for 15 minutes in a little salted water, and the sage (tied in a piece of muslin) with them for the last five minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 350º F (180º C).
5. Chop the onions and sage and mix with the bread crumbs, salt, pepper and two tablespoons olive oil. Spread the mixture over the slices of potato, and bake for 1¼ to 1½ hours, depends on oven and potatoes.
6. Serve hot with apple sauce and a rich gravy of your choice.
Makes 6 servings.
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