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.
The benefits of red beans for the body are due to the huge content of antioxidants, thiamine, tryptophan, valuable amino acids, a large amount of protein – 8 g per 100 g of the product. Beans saturate, slow down the aging process, serve as a source of useful vegetable protein, which is why nutritionists recommend including red beans in the diet of people of retirement age and from time to time replace it with meat and fish.
Tender meat souffle will appeal to both adults and children! It is very simple to prepare a souffle, any minced meat will do. And with an unusual side dish, it can be served on a festive table.
A very simple, but at the same time unusual salad. Its taste will not leave you indifferent. The combination of Bulgarian pepper, corn and tomatoes gives an exquisite and unique taste!
A very interesting combination of scallop and bacon. This salad will allow you to diversify your New Year’s table. The salad turns out delicious both warm and cold.
The perfect combination of these offal and aromatic sauce based on sour cream and tomato paste with garlic, create a harmonious dish, both for a festive table and for an everyday family dinner. Roasted pine nuts and red beans fit perfectly into this culinary “reproduction”.
This sauce will make the dish brighter and juicier, enhance the taste sensations. Vegetables will help better assimilation and saturation, enrich the main dish with vitamins.
Sometimes I want wine, but only a couple of glasses. The rest is sent to the refrigerator. Sometimes we have so much to do that we forget about wine for a couple of days. During this time, it loses its taste qualities. Of course, you can finish it, but without much pleasure. But such remnants of wine make an interesting sauce. With sourness and a special aftertaste. I already have a recipe for “wine potatoes”, but there potatoes are baked in the oven in small portions and for a long time. I rethought this recipe and simplified it for cooking in a frying pan. I picked up a recipe for osso buco from turkey, which also plays a special role in wine.