Roasted red onions, rocket and peas

Serves: 4
Course: Side Dish
Cooking Time: 0 hr 40 mins
Ingredients
  • 3 red onions
  • 2 tbsps olive oil 
  • 25g honey
  • Salt and cracked black pepper
  • 250g frozen petits pois 
  • 30g fresh mint 
  • 30g butter 
  • 100g rocket leaves

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Peel and slice the onions crosswise into 1/2 inch thick slices. Scatter on a lined roasting dish and drizzle with the olive oil and honey making sure to get a little on each onion.

Sprinkle the onions with salt and cracked black pepper and bake for 30 minutes or until the onions are very soft and beginning to brown.

Once the onions are roasted, boil the peas in a pan of salted water. Drain and add the mint and butter. Toss them in the rocket with the roasted onions and serve immediately.

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a Kiwi chef living on the west coast of Ireland