Baked Onions au Gratin

8 medium yellow onions, peeled and sliced

2 tablespoons butter

¼ cup dry cocktail sherry

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Salt and pepper to taste

¼ cup heavy cream

½ cup grated Swiss cheese

¼ cup grated Parmesan or Romano for topping

In two batches, sauté the onion in the butter in a large frying pan. Cook only until limp. Do not brown or discolor.

Deglaze the pan, or remove the onion from the pan and pour sherry, scrapping the pan with a wooden spoon to dissolve the brown, toasted onions.

Mix the onions, the sherry, nutmeg, salt, pepper and heavy cream together and place in a baking dish. Top with the Swiss and then Parmesan or Romano.

Bake at 350 until top is a bit brown and bubbling, 15 - 20 minutes.

Serves 8

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