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.
Ardelian chorba is a very hearty, tender and velvety-tasting soup of Romanian cuisine. Ardal is Transylvania, and Transylvania is a mountainous region with harsh climatic conditions, especially in winter. Therefore, the food on the table of a true Ardelian should be hearty and energetic.
Today I want to share with you a recipe for an unusual cake, easy to prepare, which even a novice hostess can handle, a minimum of products, maximum pleasure. The dough of three components, without eggs, is very tender. In the process of cooking, it turns out with a golden crust. The filling of two types of onions will drive even those who do not like onions crazy. In the process of cooking, the top of the pie with smoked sausage cheese is covered with a beautiful crust and exudes such an aroma that all the neighbors run together. The husband came home from work, asked from the threshold: “And what is it that smells so delicious here?” Having tried this pie once, you will cook it again and again.
It so happened that for 3 weeks I was with my family in beautiful and still warm Greece. This is not my first visit, and moussaka is my old love. But this time I have a 5-month-old daughter with me, and it’s almost impossible to go to taverns and eat this magical dish. Well, we don’t like restaurants here); So I decided to cook moussaka at home. I didn’t find a similar recipe on the website. It is based on a recipe from the Greek forum and slightly adapted. Share the result.
This salad is original not only with its piquant taste, but also with a bright color of autumn colors. Tender, juicy, crispy, homely cozy salad gives a good mood and just pleases the eye! It is good both on holidays and on weekdays.
It’s time to make pies stuffed with seasonal vegetables — for gatherings over warm tea with friends or for dinner on a cool weekend. I suggest cooking delicious, hearty and easy-to-prepare pies. The pies have a wonderful taste with the “aroma of autumn”. Filling with seasonal vegetables and with the addition of sausage and cheese.
Potato dishes are always very popular. This is a wonderful side dish or even an independent dish. Baked potatoes with cheese and sour cream. You can cook in one large form or in batch molds. Very fast and easy!
There are salads, which in themselves are a full-fledged dish, and not just a snack. A warm vegetable salad with creamy onion sauce from their category is hearty and delicious.