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Balsamic onions

By Abigail Donnelly
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12
Easy
10 minutes
2 hours

Ingredients

  • 12 brown onions, unpeeled
  • 4 cups balsamic vinegar
  • 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Cut a cross into the top of each onion, cutting halfway into them.

Place on a roasting tray and drizzle with the vinegar and oil. Season to taste.

Cover with foil and roast for 1 hour. Remove the foil and roast for for a further hour.

Serve warm or at room temperature.

Cook's note: These onions may take two hours to cook, but they couldn’t be easier to make.