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.
Sometimes you can make a very tasty dish from the simplest ingredients. Here I have a regular recipe for baked vegetables for many years, I pay attention to it only when guests ask for a recipe. One nuance can completely change the usual taste.
I want to share with you a very simple recipe for delicious pasta, I used ready-made meatballs, mashed tomatoes and vegetables that made it easier to prepare.
It would seem that the products of lula-kebab are similar to cutlets, but for some reason they taste different…) Preparing lula-kebab is not more difficult, so you can diversify your usual menu. Serve better with pickled onions and parsley, which refresh and complement the taste.
I want to introduce you to the Bulgarian casserole-gyuvech. Gyuvech can be vegetable, meat, with sausages. In my version, gyuvech with homemade sausages, the Bulgarians call them-nadenitsa))) A very hearty, good-quality country dish. Flavorful and savory.
Diet peppers stuffed with filling, laid in them unusually. A healthy, beautiful and delicious dish for dieting and not only-for lunch or dinner, for a festive table.
