Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.

Cut onions in half from root to tip, and remove the skin. Cut off the tip and the root, and slice thinly along with the grain of the onion.

Grate gruyere cheese.

Measure out rice, butter, and cream.

Preheat the oven to 300°F.

In an oven proof pot with a lid, bring water to a boil and Adding flavour to a food to enhance its taste. It can be as simple as salt and pepper or herbs, spices vinegars and condimentsseason well with salt. Add the rice and cook for 5 minutes, and then strain the rice. Set the rice aside.

In the pot, melt butter over low heat and add the onions. Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon until very soft, and translucent. Try to keep the onions from browning.

Stir in the rice and Adding flavour to a food to enhance its taste. It can be as simple as salt and pepper or herbs, spices vinegars and condimentsseason with salt. Place on the lid and cook the rice and onion mixture for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Check the rice for doneness, and return to the oven to cook for additional time if needed.

Stir in the cream and gruyere, and Adding flavour to a food to enhance its taste. It can be as simple as salt and pepper or herbs, spices vinegars and condimentsseason with salt to taste.