Onion cheese spread - country living

Yield: 1 1/2 cups

Measure Ingredient
1 \N Jumbo or extra-large (about 1 lb) sweet-variety onion
½ pounds Jarlsberg cheese, finely shredded
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine, softened
4 \N To 5 T milk
2 \N Or 3 drops hot red-pepper sauce
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh parsley
\N \N Low-fat English-style water crackers or Norwegian crispbreads (opt)

With sharp knife, cut a ½ inch thick slice from top of onion. With melon-ball cutter or tip of a paring knife, scoop out onion, leaving a ½ inch thick shell. Reserve ¼ cup scooped-out onion. Wrap and freeze leftover scooped onion and onion slice for other recipes.

If desired, cut a scallop design around the top edge of onion shell.

Wrap shell with plastic wrap; refrigerate.

In food processor with chopping blade, process reserved onion until finely chopped. Add cheese, butter, 4 tablespoons milk, and pepper saauce; process until smooth, stopping frequently to scrape the side of the container. If mixture is very stiff, add remaining milk and process cheese mixture until soft and spreadable. Stir in parsley until well mixed.

Cover and refrigerate cheese spread at least 1 hour to blend flavors.

Just before serving, let cheese spread stand at room temperature until soft enough to spoon. Fill onion shell with as much cheese spread as possible, replenishing when necessary. Place filled onion shell on serving plate and surround with crackers or crispbreads, if desired.

Country Living/Jan/93 Typed by Didi Pahl

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