- Heat up the oven to 300 F.

- Prep onion: Carefully peel the sweet onions of outer skin and tough first layer. Slice off bottom of onion in order to create a flat “seat.” Carve out the center of the onions in order to create a bowl within the whole onion. Set the insides aside to use later.

- Peel the garlic cloves and mince.

- Stuff onion: Stuff each onion with 2 T of butter and half of the garlic clove. Dust the onion with salt and coarse fresh pepper.

- Wrap onions with 2 strips of bacon each.

- Wrap each onion individually in aluminum foil. Place foil-wrapped onions on the pan.

- Bake the onions in the oven for 1 hour.

- Then preheat your grill on high. Remove pan from oven. Using hot pads or a towel, gently open the foil like a flower. So far, the bacon has not stuck to the foil for us, but be gentle so the bacon stays in place around the now-juicy and soft onion. Move the flower-foil-onions directly onto the grill grate. Grill onions for 25 minutes or until bacon is crispy. Don’t move or adjust the onions on the foil; shift the foil on the grate if the bacon is burning.