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 recipe from the “two in one” series. These Mediterranean dishes complement each other so much that it just didn’t make sense to present them separately! They will fill your home with fragrance and delight you and your loved ones with their appearance and amazing taste!
The combination of mushrooms and potatoes – the taste is clear in everything. I propose to cook a delicious and satisfying casserole on bread from improvised products. Suitable for dinner, for lunch with hot broth or soup, decide for yourself. The recipe was born spontaneously during the preparation of mashed potatoes. The rest of the products were in stock and that’s what happened.
A simple and delicious dish with no pretensions to sophistication. But tasty, healthy, satisfying and affordable. Pearl porridge with pumpkin and onion. A decent side dish or an independent lean dish. Try this!
Baked cutlets of lean pork and chicken with the addition of raw potatoes, pumpkin and carrots. Very tasty, juicy and low-fat. I don’t add a loaf to the cutlets. I usually use raw or boiled potatoes instead.
Homemade, soft, very tasty pie made of yeast dough with the addition of pumpkin, thanks to which it remains soft for a long time, if, of course, it survives! You can choose the filling to your liking, but chicken meat and cream cheese make the pie juicy and satisfying.
A dish for lovers of vegetables and liver. You can cook with any offal or meat. Affordable, simple, delicious! A good dish cooked “with you” will endure transportation and, after standing, will only taste better.
A simple, clear and satisfying dish. Chickens stuffed with a healthy autumn vegetable pumpkin-wheat porridge. Both the main dish and the side dish in one bottle. Very convenient. And very tasty! Try.