Onions in cooking are used in raw, boiled, fried, pickled and salted types. Although to preserve all the useful properties, minimal thermal exposure is recommended. Onions can be both a flavor seasoning for the main dish (and it is combined with meat, fish, rice, potatoes, flour products, cottage cheese, and other vegetables), and the basis of the recipe. Many national cuisines have their own “branded” culinary products, in which onions can be called a key ingredient: French onion soup, British onion pie, etc. There are some culinary tricks that will allow you to cook this product (or a dish based on it) as tasty as possible: If you add a little granulated sugar to the oil during frying, the onions will brown better. So that the chopped onion does not burn during sauteing, before sending it to the frying pan, you should roll the “straw” in flour. Then it will simply acquire a reddish hue. Onions can be added to minced meat not only to improve the taste, but also to extend the shelf life of the meat part. To get rid of onion bitterness in the manufacture of salads, raw onions are slightly scalded with boiling water, and hands and knife are smeared with wet salt.
When choosing onions, preference should be given to dense clean heads, without damage, holes and stains. The sweetness-bitterness of a vegetable depends not only on the variety, but also on the length of daylight in the place of cultivation (southern onions are considered sweeter), the mineral content of the soil, the softness of the climate, the abundance of precipitation, etc. For example, with a large amount of annual precipitation, sulfur is actively washed out of the soil, which creates prerequisites for growing a sweeter vegetable. However, in general, it is believed that white varieties have a stronger flavor and are better suited for filling pies, red and purple ones have a sweet taste and are well combined in salads and marinades, and the Spanish variety is softer and sweeter, as well as onions with yellow–brown husks are better suited for frying.
Usually julienne is prepared in portions, I suggest cooking it in the form of an appetizing open pie made of shortbread with a filling of chanterelle mushrooms.
I offer another option of delicious meat hot. Tender pieces of pork in a velvety vegetable sauce, the meat literally melts in your mouth, great with any side dish. Don’t be ashamed to serve it to your guests.
Cancelloni pasta or shells large stuffed. There are a lot of different recipes for cooking large shells. Today I will offer you the simplest one. I will stuff the shells with fried sausages with onions and garlic, and then bake them under the cheese, adding a little mushroom broth. It’s delicious! Easy!
Universal biscuits-tortillas can be used instead of bread, served with tea, take with you for a snack. Suitable for those who can not white flour. Instead of bran, you can use ground oatmeal.
I present to your attention a vegetable snack for all occasions. It can be served with meat, rice, pasta and as an independent dish. With the minimum amount of ingredients, you get an excellent, aromatic snack. It is served in any form – hot, warm, cold – as you like.
Very tasty, prepared the day before in the evening, and in the morning I toast bread in a toaster, top with pate and all Breakfast is ready! Sour cream can be replaced with heavy cream.
