Onion Gratin With Fresh Thyme

Ingredients

• 6 medium onions (Spanish or red or a mixture)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon thyme
• fresh
• 12 teaspoon salt
• fresh black pepper
• 3 grinds
• 12 cup whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons dry white wine
• 12 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 12 cups gruyere cheese
• grated

Instructions

1. Place rack just above centre; preheat oven to 375.
2. Thinly remove both ends of onions; peel onions.
3. Cut each in half around the equator.
4. Using a sharp knife, cross hatch these inner surfaces with cuts about 1/2 inch apart, going quite deeply down, but not through narrow ends of rounds.
5. lay them snugly, cut side up, on a rimmed baking tray.
6. Drizzle with oil, sprinkle with chopped thyme, salt and pepper.
7. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
8. Transfer onions, cross hatched side up, fitting snugly into a baking dish just large enough to hold all in a single layer, such as a large oval gratin dish or a 9 - 13 inch disyh.
9. Stir cream with wine; pour over onions.
10. Cover dish with foil; continue baking for 25 minutes or until onions are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.
11. Remove dish from oven; uncover onions.
12. Increase oven temperature to 450.
13. Sprinikle onions with Parmesan; then with Gruyere.
14. Bake uncovered for 8 minutes or until cheese is golden and sauce is bubbling.
15. Serve garnished with chopped thyme.