Creamed Sweet Onion with Butter Basil Biscuits
Creamed Sweet Onion with Butter Basil Biscuits might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 4 and costs $1.34 per serving. One serving contains 375 calories, 5g of protein, and 34g of fat. This recipe from Foodista requires all purpose flour, bacon, white wine, and butter
- Ready in 45 minutes
- Servings: 4
- Category: antipasti
- Source: Foodista
Ingredients
- 1 Sweet Onion, halved and sliced
- 4 strips of bacon
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 cup chicken broth
- ¼ cup white wine
- 1 tbsp of butter
- 1 tbsp flour
- ¼ cup half and half
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 ¾ all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, cubed
- ¼ cup fresh basil, chiffonade
- ¾ half and half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450
- In a heavy bottom pot fry bacon over medium heat until crispy.
- Remove from pot and leave to cool on a plate lined with paper towel.
- Spoon off the bacon grease leaving 2 tbsp worth in the pot.
- Add the olive oil to keep the fat from burning and toss in the onions.
- Sautee for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour in broth and add the two sprigs of thyme.
- Bring the mixture up to a boil and reduce heat and leave to simmer covered for 5 minutes.
- Once onions are tender add white wine and leave to boil until the liquid is reduced by half. About 10 minutes.
- In a small saucepan melt butter over medium heat.
- Whisk in flour until it forms a paste.
- Slowly whisk in half and half until combined.
- Remove from heat and add to the onion mixture. Stir until thickened.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Spoon into 4 ramenkins and top each with an uncooked biscuit.
- Place in the oven and cook for 15 minutes until the biscuits are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool for ten minutes before serving.
- FOR THE BISCUITS
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
- Add butter and basil.
- Cut the butter into the dry mixture using a pastry blender or two knives until it resembles a coarse meal.
- Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in the half and half.
- Stir until the dough comes together.
- Turn dough onto a well-floured surface.
- Flatten dough to an inch thickness.
- Using a 2 biscuit cutter cut out 12 biscuits.