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.
A very tasty dish made from the most common products. A great option for a variety of everyday menu. A wonderful addition to this side dish will be a meat dish, for example, chicken zrazy with nuts and cheese!
Simple to the limit, a kind of men’s salad, with boiled potatoes or meat – you can’t think of a better one. Without any frills, but delicious. A piece of good black bread is absolutely necessary.
I decided to use a food processor for slicing frozen meat… I think each of us has faced such a problem – you need to cook meat quickly, and it is in the freezer… it turns out!
Tomatoes stuffed and cooked in the oven is another recipe from the cookbook “Delicious and simple”! In the summer season, of course, tomatoes are tastier, but at other times with such an interesting filling tomatoes will be delicious and appetizing!
This recipe was shared on the Internet by the chef of the cafe, and I sincerely thank her! The salad perfectly combines liver, grapes and lettuce leaves, and sweet and sour spicy dressing appetizingly complements the taste!
Pancakes, for which an onion of finely chopped onion is added to the dough. When you fry these pancakes, the house becomes so fragrant! For those who have not tried these pancakes yet, I just advise! Today I will prepare for them a filling of doctor’s sausage with cottage cheese. I will prepare a snack for the New Year’s table and just like that: breakfast, dinner… a snack. There will be enough toppings for each pancake. It’s very tasty and fast!
