Holiday Pearl Onions - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 basket pearl onions
3 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
1 2/3 c. half and half
3/4 c. Jarlsberg or Swiss grated cheese
3/4 tsp. crushed tarragon
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Drop onions with skins left on in boiling water for 15 minutes. Drain onions; remove skins and set aside.
Melt butter over medium heat; add flour, stirring with a wire whisk until well blended. Heat half and half separately to just below boiling, then add to butter mixture and stir until smooth and thick.
Add 1/2 cup of the cheese, tarragon, salt and pepper.
Mix well.
Add onions; stir and transfer to buttered ovenproof dish.
Put remaining cheese over all and bake at 400\u00b0 for 10 minutes.