Onions stuffed with garlic and chestnuts

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       Title: ONIONS STUFFED WITH GARLIC AND CHESTNUTS
  Categories: Garlic, Salads, Vegetables
       Yield: 4 servings
  
       4 lg Spanish onions
       3    Slices bacon, chopped
       1 tb Butter
       1    Whole head fresh garlic,
            Peeled and chopped
       1 cn (8 oz.) water chestnuts,
            Drained and chopped
     1/4 c  Bread crumbs
     1/2 ts Salt
     1/4 ts Black pepper
       1 c  Apple cider
  
   Put the unskinned onions in boiling water for about 5
   minutes.  Remove and cool.  Cut of tops, peel, and
   scoop out the insides.  Chop the insides of onions.
   Set aside.  In frying pan cook bacon until crisp.
   Drain off fat, add butter and saute the bacon bits,
   chopped onion, and the chopped cloves of garlic until
   just lightly brown.  Add the water chestnuts and bread
   crumbs and continue to brown for another 3 minutes.
   Add salt and pepper. Fill each onion with the mixture.
   Place in casserole.  Pour apple cider over and bake at
   375 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.
  
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