Caramelized Onion Gruyere Bacon Dip Food

CARAMELIZED ONION AND BACON DIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• In an oven-safe skillet (8-10 inches), cook bacon over medium-high heat.
• Remove bacon from the skillet and place on a plate lined with a paper towel to let cool. Do not clean out the skillet.
• To the skillet with bacon grease, add the onions and sugar. Cook 20 minutes over medium heat, stirring often. (When onions start to stick to the pan, scrape them up.)
• Add the wine. Cook down to half (2-3 minutes).
• Add the sour cream, cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup shredded cheese, salt, and pepper.
• (If you want a thicker dip, move the ingredients to a smaller over-safe dish, such as a 6 inch skillet. If you don't mind a thinner dip, continue on with the skillet you cooked everything in thus far.)
• Crumble the cooked bacon and add most of it to the cream cheese mixture, reserving a little for the topping.
• Top with the remaining cup of cheese and reserved bacon.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until the cheese is hot and bubbly. Garnish with parsley before serving.
• Serve warm with baguettes, pretzels, chips, crackers, or bagel crisps.

HOT CARAMELIZED ONION DIP WITH BACON AND GRUYERE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cook bacon in a large nonstick skillet. Remove to a paper towel lined plate to cool. Crumble.
• Add onions, sugar, and salt to bacon fat in the skillet and cook over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until onions turn a deep golden brown color. This can take as long as 20 minutes. If onions start to burn, turn heat down to medium-low.
• Add sherry and cook 1 minute. Stir in thyme and tabasco. Remove from heat.
• Mix together sour cream and mayo in a medium bowl. Add crumbled bacon, cheese, onion mixture, and black pepper. Mix together well and transfer to a 2-cup baking dish.
• Bake 20 minutes, or until bubbly and golden brown on top.

BAKED CARAMELIZED ONION DIP

Steps:

• In a large non-stick skillet (or cast iron pan) melt the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add the sliced onions and cook for about five minutes stirring as necessary. Then add in the thyme, sugar, and half of the salt.
• Stir to combine and cook until the onions are soft and golden brown. This will take about 20 minutes. Remove the onions from the heat; add in the balsamic vinegar. Stir to combine. Set aside to cool slightly.
• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, stir together the cream cheese, parmesan cheese, gruyere cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, half-and-half, garlic, black pepper, and remaining salt. After the onions have cooled slightly, stir them into the cheese mixture to combine.
• Spray a medium cooking dish with cooking spray and then fill it with your cheese and onion mixture.
• Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
• Serve hot with sliced, toasted baguettes.

CARAMELIZED ONION AND GRUYERE DIP

Steps:

• Slice the top off the loaf of bread and remove the insides with your hands or a sharp paring knife, leaving about a ¾ inch thickness on the inside shell; set bread shell aside.
• Melt the butter with the oil in a medium skillet over moderate heat.
• Add in the onions, stirring to coat with the butter mixture.
• Saute for about 3 minutes, until the onions begin to soften.
• Sprinkle with salt, sugar, and thyme, and saute for another 10 minutes, until the onions begin to turn golden, being careful that they don't burn.
• Transfer the contents of the skillet to a mixing bowl and let cool.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and mayonnaise together until smooth.
• Fold in the onions and Gruyere cheese; stir until blended.
• Spoon into the bread shell and serve immediately with chips or veggies or baguette slices.
• OAMC: Cover and freeze for up to 2 months; when ready to serve, defrost the dip overnight in the refrigerator; preheat oven to 350°; bring the dip to room temperature for 20 minutes, bake for 20 minutes, until bubbling; serve immediately.

CARAMELIZED ONION GRUYERE DIP

Steps:

• Melt the butter with the oil in a medium size skillet over medium heat. Add onions and stir to coat. Saute for about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with salt, sugar, and thyme. Saute another 10 minutes, until the onions begin to turn golden. Transfer contents of skillet to a mixing bowl and allow to cool.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and mayonnaise together until smooth. Begin at slow speed and increase to medium. Fold in the onions and Gruyere cheese and stir until blended.
• Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes.
• *Note*.
• Dip may be spooned into a bread bowl or 1 quart casserole dish and refrigerated for 3 days or frozen for up to 2 months. Defrost dip in fridge and bring to room temperature for 20 minutes before baking.

CARAMELIZED ONION DIP

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onions and sage. Cover and cook until onions are deep golden brown, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Whisk together mayonnaise and sour cream in a medium bowl to blend. Stir in the cooled caramelized onions, salt, and pepper. Cover dip and refrigerate until flavors blend, about 2 hours.