Instructions: With sharp knife, carefully peel onion and trim root end, leaving it intact. Standing onion on its root end, cut parallel vertical slices at 1/4-inch intervals into, but not through, onion, stopping aout 1/2 inch above root end. Rotate onion 90 degrees; cut parallel vertical slices in same manner to form a crosshatch pattern, keeping onion intact. Coat microwave-safe pie plate with vegetable spray. Place onion, root end down, in center of pie plate. Drizzle with margarine, and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Cover with waxed paper and microwave on High (100% power) 3 minutes. Baste with cooking liquid and rotate dish. Cover and microwave on High 3 to 4 minutes longer, or until onion spreads open into a "flower." Sprinkle flower with pecans; microwave on High 1 to 2 minutes longer, or until flower appears translucent.

With wide spatula, remove onion flower from pie plate to serving plate.

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