Cut the tops and ends off the onions and then peel the onion, also remove the single outer layer of the onion.

Use a small knife or an apple corer to core out the center of the onion. You don't want to go all the way through the onion bottom. Leave a space for the butter to sit inside the onion.

Cut the butter into small cubes.

Place the onions in a small baking dish, the smaller the better. They can be touching.

Season the onions on the top and in the hole you created really well with the seasonings. Use the paprika and black pepper sparingly, but you can really go to town with the others.

Press 2 to 3 cubes of butter into the holes you created.

Melt the remaining butter that you didn't press into the onion. Season with the same seasonings.

Give this a good stir and pour this over each onion. Add the cloves of garlic to the bottom of the baking dish. Then add a couple of shakes of soy sauce to the top of each onion.

Cover the dish with one single piece of foil.

Bake covered at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove the foil at 45 minutes, and bake again for 15 minutes.

Remove the onions when they are still intact but soft and the top is golden brown.

When ready to serve, add a garlic clove to the center of each onion and pour some of the butter sauce over the top.