CARAMELIZED ONIONS
Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook
by Kim O'Donnel
Makes 1 to 2 cups, depending on how long you allow the onions to cook
INGREDIENTS
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
• 5 cups onion (about 3 medium-size onions), sliced into half-moons
• A handful of sprigs of fresh thyme
• Salt and ground black pepper
DIRECTIONS
In a 10- or 12-inch skillet, melt the butter over medium heat and add the onions. Add the thyme sprigs. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring every 5 minutes and adjusting the heat to ensure that the onions are cooking evenly and not burning. Gradually the onions will soften, shrink, and sweeten, becoming caramelized and jamlike in about 1 hour.
Season with salt and pepper to taste, remove the thyme sprigs, and allow to cool.
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