Title: Roasted vidalia onion "flowers"
 Categories: Onions, Vegetable
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
           
MMMMM----------------ROAST VIDALIA ONION FLOWERS---------------------
      6 lg Onions, Vidalia; (3 1/2 lb)
      6 tb Butter, unsalted; melted
    1/4 c  Nuts, Pecans; chopped
 
  =========================== > Directions < ==========================
  
  With a sharp knife, trim the root end of each onion on its root end,
  cut parallel vertical slices at 1/4 inch intervals into but not
  through the onion, stopping about 1/2 inch above the root end. Rotate
  each onion 90 degrees and cut parallel vertical slices in the same
  manner to from a crosshatch pattern, keeping the onions intact.
  Arrange the onions, root ends down, in a lightly buttered shallow
  baking dish large enough to let the onion open or "flower," drizzle
  them with the butter, and season them with salt and pepper. Bake the
  onions in the middle of a preheated 350 degree F oven, basting them
  occasionally, for 1 hour, sprinkle them with the pecans, and bake
  them for 30 minutes more.