Roasted Red Onions With Blue Cheese-nut Butter

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 ounces blue cheese, room temperature (such as stilton or danish blue)
• 1/3 cup coarsley chopped walnuts
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 10 medium red onions
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 make blue cheese and walnut butter: combine butter and cheese; stir in nuts and pepper. scrap onto plastic wrap; shape into 6-inch log. wrap and chill until firm, 1 hour. (makes about 1 cup.).
• 2 heat oven to 425 degrees.
• 3 peel onions and brush lightly with oil. place in shallow 11x7-inch baking pan.
• 4 cover with foil and bake 30 minutes. uncover and brush with pan juices. bake uncovered until tender when pierced with skewer, 25-30 minutes.
• 5 cut 10 slices from the blue cheese butter; place 1 slice on each onion. cover and keep warm. serve alongside entree.