HOT CARAMELIZED ONION DIP WITH BACON AND GRUYERE

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INGREDIENTS

• 2 sweet onion halved and thinly sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1 cup shredded Gruyère cheese
• 1/2 cup Old Home sour cream
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• fresh rosemary

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DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cook bacon in a small cast iron skillet. Remove to a paper towel lined plated to allow the bacon 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 for approximately one minute. Stir in thyme and Tabasco. Remove from heat.

Mix together Old Home 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. If wanted, add Parmesan cheese. Top with fresh rosemary.

Bake 20 minutes, or until bubbly sand golden brown on top.

Serve with a side of Old Home Sour Cream.