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.
Guests who categorically do not eat potatoes, the idea comes to mind to replace it in the usual “Olivier” with avocado. The result is a brand new, hearty blue Light salad that everyone liked.
We brought the recipe of this dish from Siberia, where we lived for 10 years. I tried several options: beef, fish and chicken, but I like this one the most.
Cauliflower side dish with vegetables and mushrooms. It is prepared easily and quickly. It is good both in hot form, with heat from the heat, and in cold form it is very good. In my opinion, there should be simple dishes on the festive table. Try this!
Tender, juicy, soft red fish cutlets stuffed with shrimp and herbs. It’s amazing! This dish will rightfully take pride of place on the New Year’s table. Try this!
A very delicate, refined pate with a hint of caramelized onion and an aftertaste of orange peel. Your guests will certainly be delighted with this snack on the New Year’s table.
For the New Year’s table, I suggest cooking delicious fish in the sleeve. Carp turns out to be tender, ruddy and very fragrant. Guests and family members will be delighted. Serve baked carp with vegetables in a warm form, you can even in a chilled one. Then the potatoes should be heated separately. But the fish in chilled form turns out very tasty. I recommend leaving the fish in the sleeve in the oven turned off before serving.
I once cooked this salad for guests. It didn’t just crumble, it escaped from the table within 5 minutes and now friends, in advance, before coming to visit, ask me to cook it.
I had a black radish in my fridge, I was thinking what to do with it, and now I have such a simple vitamin salad, even very tasty. Very easy to prepare.
I love liver in different variations. And today my fantasy led me to a liver roll. It was interesting to try how the liver pate would be combined with dried tomatoes. It turned out very well. Such a snack is not a shame to serve on a festive table.
Under such an original name, I saw this snack on the Internet. It’s even strange: why do men need such privileges? I think women will like this dish too. As always, I made adjustments to my taste. And now I’m offering it to you. I hope this dish will decorate your New Year’s table. The dish can be served as a hot appetizer or as a second course. It won’t lose its flavor when it cools down.
