Onions in toast cups

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
6 Thin-slices multi-grain bread; or white bread
4 ounces Pearl onions; shallots or cippoline onions
⅓ cup Vegetable broth
1½ teaspoon Dry white wine
Turkey bacon rashers; cut into thin strips or alternatives, optional
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon Tomato paste
⅛ teaspoon Prepared mustard
Salt and black pepper
Parsley sprigs; for garnish

Directions

Preheat oven: 400F.

1) Stamp out the bread into rounds with a 3-inch cookie cutter (Fluted if you have one) and line sections of a cupcake pan.

2) Cover each bread "basket" with non-stick baking paper, and fill with "baking beans" or rice. Bake for 5 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove the paper and beans and continue to bake for a further 5 minutes until lightly browned and crisp.

3) Meanwhile put the pearl onions in a bowl and cover with boiling water.

Leave for 3 minutes, then drain and rinse under cold water. Trim off their top and root ends and clip them out of their skins.

4) Simmer the onions and stock in a covered saucepan for 5 minutes. Uncover and cook stirring occasionally until the stock has reduced entirely. Add all the remaining ingredients, except the parsley. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

5) Fill the toast cups with the onions: about 3 onions per cup. Arrange strips of the "bacon" between the onions (in the "seams") and garnish with parsley leaves or fresh herbs.

OPTIONS: 1) Double the sauce and thicken with a cornstarch slurry. 2) Instead of bacon, use lean ham. 3) Vegetarian version: instead of bacon use crusted tempeh strips or long strips of zucchini, carrot, or thinly sliced yam.

PER CUP without bacon rasher strips: 120 cals, 2g fat (14% cff).

NOTES : Fill oven-toasted bread cups with pearl onions tossed in a mustardy glaze. You'll need about 3 onions per cup. Cooks Tip: Make a small spray bottle of vegetable broth mixed with a few drops of soy sauce for color.

Lightly spray the bread and then weight. Keep unused portion in the refrigerator.

Recipe by: FAST & HEALTHY RECIPES (Lorenz Books:1995) Posted to EAT-LF Digest by PatHanneman <kitpath@...> on Apr 04, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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