Parsnips Baked with Cheese

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   Preheat the oven to 400F (200C).

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   Peel the onion and cut it into paper-thin rings.

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   Melt half the butter in a shallow ovenproof pan and gently fry the onion until soft and translucent.

4. 4

   Stop before it colors.

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   Peel the parsnips and slice in fine disks.

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   I like to make them so thin you can almost read through them.

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   Remove the onion from the pan, place a layer or two of parsnips in it, then brush with more melted butter and scatter over salt, pepper, some of the thyme, and a little of the cheese.

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   Do this twice more, ending with cheese.

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   Pour over the stock.

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    Cover with lightly buttered wax paper or aluminum foil, then place on a high rack in the oven and bake for twenty-five to thirty minutes.

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    Remove the paper and test the parsnips with a sharp knife; it should glide in effortlessly.

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    Return to the oven, uncovered, for about ten minutes to brown.

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    Serve straight from the pan.

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