Grill & BBQ
Grilled cheese and onion bombs
Onion halves filled with cheese and herbs, then put on the grill - these are little side dish bombs with a lot of umami. Lightly grilled on the outside, melty on the inside and perfect alongside steak, sausage or simply with bread.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 10 minutes
- Grilling time: approx. 15-20 minutes
- Total: approx. 30 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 335 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 16.9 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 6.1 g
- Fat
- ≈ 26.5 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 4 large onions · ≈ 400.0 g
- 2 tbsp butter · ≈ 27.3 g
- 200 g Camembert or oven cheese · ≈ 200 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 4 large onions
- 200 g Camembert or oven cheese
- 100g grated Gouda
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 teaspoon thyme or oregano
- Salt
- pepper
- optional: 1 teaspoon honey
- optional: chives
Instructions
- Peel the onions and cut them in half crosswise - the root remains at the bottom as a “cup”.
- Using a small knife, carefully remove 2-3 inner onion rings to create a hollow for the cheese - the outer rings remain as an edge.
- Stuff Camembert and Gouda cheese into the onion halves.
- Season with butter, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Optionally drizzle with honey.
- Place in aluminum molds or wrap tightly in aluminum foil.
- Grill over medium, indirect grill heat for 15-20 minutes until the cheese has melted and the onion has softened.
- Sprinkle with chives and serve warm.
