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Ember Onions

What you need

  1. 4 medium onions (sweet are very good)
  2. 4 tablespoons olive oil or butter

How to make it

  1. Peel the onions leaving the root intact
  2. Place the onion on the root end and cut straight down, stopping about 1/2 inch before the root
  3. Turn the onion and make another cut to the same depth crossing over the first
  4. Place one onion root down on a double thickness of heavy duty aluminum foil, large enough to completely wrap and seal the onion
  5. Bring up the sides of the foil slightly and drizzle the olive oil over the top of the onion
  6. Seal the foil making a tight packetM
  7. Repeat for each onion
  8. Using tongs, nestle the onion packets into the prepared coals and leave until your meal is finished and the onions are tender

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