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.
Delicious stuffed chicken legs, delicious filling, and all this is packed in puff pastry. On the festive table, the snack pie will look presentable and original, while the cooking technology is quite simple, and the taste is excellent.
Bright healthy side dish in oriental style. Rice is cooked the longest in the recipe, the rest is done very quickly! We cook in parallel with the main product, for example, I have chicken.
Spicy fragrant delicious soup. It will cheer you up with its brightness, saturate and warm you on a cold autumn day. It goes well with crispy cheese sticks.
Pilaf occupies an honorable place in the national cuisine of Uzbekistan. This dish is served on all holidays and family celebrations. There are more than 150 varieties of rice, and until now, makeup artists (specialists in cooking pilaf) are inventing something new. Add dried fruits to the pilaf: raisins, dried quince, peaches, apricots or prunes, they give the dish an unusual sweet and sour taste. In my recipe, I will share tips on cooking crumbly fragrant pilaf. And it is not necessary to buy special rice, fat or cottonseed oil.
The Greek equivalent of the Italian bolognese sauce, Kim sauce, is very popular in Greek families. Its quick and easy cooking, affordable products and amazing taste are what a busy modern woman and a man who loves to cook need today. I will immediately make a reservation that my recipe does not claim to be a classic original and is made taking into account the taste and desire of my loved ones. During the step-by-step description, I will try to explain this in more detail.
Seafood is always in demand on the New Year’s table. Squid of them are the most budget. In addition, it is easy to make a delicious and beautiful snack from them, which can be eaten both hot and cold, and this is very important for a New Year’s feast that lasts several hours.
The perfect pair for chicken wings is a mushroom fricassee in a delicate, fragrant cream sauce. It is prepared quickly, with a minimum of ingredients, and the taste is amazing. You can take any mushrooms, both fresh and frozen, as well as assorted different types of mushrooms.