Stuffed Onion Packets with Cheese Sauce

Make dinner the cheesiest with a three-cheese, meaty sandwich wrapped up in easy, ready-to-use pizza dough.

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Bake-Off® Contest 45, 2012

Donna Newcomer

Buffalo, New York

ingredients 12
Prep Time 45 min
Total Time 1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

4: large (about 1 lb each) sweet onions

5: oz bulk Italian pork sausage

4: oz lean (at least 80%) ground beef

4: oz (half of 8-oz package) cream cheese

1: cup chopped drained roasted red bell peppers (from a jar)

1 1/2: cups shredded Swiss cheese (6 oz)

2: tablespoons Progresso® Italian style bread crumbs

1: can Pillsbury® refrigerated classic pizza crust

1: jar (15 oz) cheese dip

3/4: cup milk

1: teaspoon prepared horseradish

1/8: teaspoon McCormick® Parsley Flakes, if desired

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Directions

1 Fill 4- to 5-quart Dutch oven 3/4 full with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Meanwhile, slice bottom and top off each onion, leaving outer skin on. To hollow out onions, with knife, cut an “X” through center of each onion, cutting up to but not through 2 outer rings of onion. Run knife around the inside of second outer ring to loosen middle of onion; with thumbs, push middle part of onion out. (Save insides of onions for another use.) Gently drop onions into boiling water; boil 12 to 13 minutes. (Onions will be slightly soft but retain their shape.) With slotted spoon, remove onions from water. Cool 10 minutes. Remove onion skins.
2 Meanwhile, heat oven to 350°F. In 10-inch skillet, cook and stir sausage and ground beef over medium-high heat 6 to 7 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking up any large chunks. Remove from skillet; set aside. In large microwavable bowl, microwave cream cheese on High 30 to 40 seconds or until very soft. Stir in cooked meat, 1/3 cup of the roasted peppers, Swiss cheese and bread crumbs until well mixed.
3 Unroll pizza dough. Cut in half lengthwise and crosswise, forming 4 rectangles. Press out each to 8x6-inch rectangle. One at a time, place rectangle on large ungreased cookie sheet. Place 1 onion in center of dough. Fill onion with 1/4 of meat filling, mounding filling on top of onion. Bring 2 opposite corners of dough together over top of onion; pinch to seal. Repeat with remaining corners; pinch top and sides to seal. Repeat with remaining dough, onions and filling. Using fork, poke several holes in top of dough in each packet.
4 Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
5 Meanwhile, to make sauce, in medium microwavable bowl microwave cheese dip, milk and remaining 2/3 cup roasted peppers uncovered on High 2 minutes 30 seconds to 3 minutes, stirring once halfway through cooking or until melted. Stir in horseradish. To serve, spoon 1/4 cup of the sauce in center of each of 4 individual plates. Place packets on sauce; sprinkle with parsley flakes. Serve with remaining sauce.

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Expert Tips

For smaller appetites cut each onion packet in half and serve with a side salad.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 990
Calories from Fat: 520),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 58g; 58%
(Saturated Fat 31g, 31% Trans Fat 1 1/2g 1 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 180mg; 180%;
Sodium: 2330mg; 2330%;
Total Carbohydrate: 74g; 74%
(Dietary Fiber 4g 4% Sugars 22g 22% ),
Protein: 42g; 42%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 60%;
Vitamin C: 45%;
Calcium: 60%;
Iron: 25%;

Exchanges:

4 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 1/2 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 7 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Gldnpalate

report Posted Mar. 14, 2012 11:49 AM

This was so good. My whole family loved it, even my fussy eaters. It's a pocket of cheesey meaty goodness! It was so easy to make my 3 and 8 year olds helped.

wavydavy

report Posted Feb. 25, 2012 3:03 PM

This was delicious-really easy to make. I only used a pot to boil the onions and a pan to fry the filling. If you can make dinner with 2 pans I don't think that is a lot of dishes! As far as being too oniony-- Hello? It's a stuffed onion!

Rhonda118

report Posted Feb. 7, 2012 3:16 PM

This was so many step! I had so many dishes to do afterward! Too oniony, and the cheese didn't melt very well in mine. I would not make this again. My husband will eat almost anything, but didn't like it either.

thestar

report Posted Jan. 27, 2012 6:28 PM

make this you won't be disappointed!

chattipatty

report Posted Jan. 8, 2012 8:58 AM

These were amazing! A real crowd pleaser!