Creamed Sweet Onion with Butter Basil Biscuits

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

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

¼ cup fresh basil, chiffonade

¾ half and half

Equipment:

oven

pot

paper towels

sauce pan

whisk

mixing bowl

blender

Cooking instruction summary:

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.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 450

2. In a heavy bottom pot fry bacon over medium heat until crispy.

3. Remove from pot and leave to cool on a plate lined with paper towel.

4. Spoon off the bacon grease leaving 2 tbsp worth in the pot.

5. Add the olive oil to keep the fat from burning and toss in the onions.

6. Sautee for 2-3 minutes.

7. Pour in broth and add the two sprigs of thyme.

8. Bring the mixture up to a boil and reduce heat and leave to simmer covered for 5 minutes.

9. Once onions are tender add white wine and leave to boil until the liquid is reduced by half. About 10 minutes.

10. In a small saucepan melt butter over medium heat.

11. Whisk in flour until it forms a paste.

12. Slowly whisk in half and half until combined.

13. Remove from heat and add to the onion mixture. Stir until thickened.

14. Remove from heat and set aside.

15. Spoon into 4 ramenkins and top each with an uncooked biscuit.

16. Place in the oven and cook for 15 minutes until the biscuits are golden brown.

17. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for ten minutes before serving.

18. FOR THE BISCUITS

19. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.

20. Add butter and basil.

21. Cut the butter into the dry mixture using a pastry blender or two knives until it resembles a coarse meal.

22. Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in the half and half.

23. Stir until the dough comes together.

24. Turn dough onto a well-floured surface.

25. Flatten dough to an inch thickness.

26. Using a 2 biscuit cutter cut out 12 biscuits.


Nutrition Information:

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375 Calories
4g Protein
34g Total Fat
10g Carbs
1% Health Score
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Calories
375k
19%

Fat
34g
53%

  Saturated Fat
17g
108%

Carbohydrates
10g
4%

  Sugar
5g
6%

Cholesterol
74mg
25%

Sodium
1208mg
53%

Alcohol
1g
9%

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Protein
4g
10%

Calcium
228mg
23%

Vitamin A
867IU
17%

Vitamin K
16µg
16%

Phosphorus
150mg
15%

Vitamin B6
0.19mg
9%

Selenium
6µg
9%

Manganese
0.18mg
9%

Vitamin B1
0.13mg
9%

Vitamin E
1mg
9%

Vitamin B2
0.13mg
7%

Folate
27µg
7%

Vitamin B3
1mg
7%

Vitamin C
5mg
7%

Potassium
205mg
6%

Iron
1mg
6%

Magnesium
18mg
5%

Copper
0.09mg
5%

Fiber
0.98g
4%

Zinc
0.56mg
4%

Vitamin B12
0.19µg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.31mg
3%

Vitamin D
0.41µg
3%

covered percent of daily need
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