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 snack! Delicate, fragrant and nutritious! It goes well in both warm and cold form! It would be nice to serve mushroom sauce with such a meat pudding. But just a piece on a crispy crust of bread is great! I ask everyone to the table!
Once upon a time in Russia, turnips were very widely used for food, because there were no potatoes. Turnips, rutabagas and even onions were used. Borscht with turnips turns out to be very tasty and satisfying. And contain fewer calories.
Hello, dear lovers of cooking delicious dishes and culinary chefs! The zucchini season has come, and I want to share with you this very easy to prepare and very tasty recipe!
Vegetable stew has a delicate, partly refined taste. Cheerful green peas and string beans give the vegetable stew not only a bright green color, but also a rich taste and protein content. Cabbage also softens all flavors, giving it its own unique flavor.
It’s very exciting to bake waffles. I baked waffles at the diner. Spring, early summer, lots of greenery, spinach is bought quite often. Waffles go well with spinach and cottage cheese. It turned out very harmoniously to taste.
Delicious, tender, hearty and original zucchini with chicken, fried in a frying pan. At home we call them zucchini pasties. A great combination of zucchini, boiled chicken and fried onions. It’s impossible to break away!
To all lovers of herring, I suggest making these toasts from Borodino bread with cottage cheese with herbs, egg, mustard. Toasts can be used for serving and on a festive table, beautifully decorating them. Calculate the amount of ingredients for 2 toasts.
Chicken with rice is the most popular combination since ancient times… Chicken fillet can be used to prepare a variety of dishes, both for a festive table, and for a family lunch or dinner. Today there will be chicken “pockets” with mozzarella and spinach. A nice bonus to the “pockets” is fragrant rice with a wonderful lemon flavor and creamy color. A wonderful side dish for tender chicken fillet.
Meatballs can be prepared in advance, and before serving, pour the sauce and warm up in a preheated oven for 5-8 minutes. Very tasty sauce! It smells of orange, vanilla and nutmeg. I doubted whether it was worth adding vanilla, but I added it and did not lose. I didn’t boil the sauce, just brought it to a boil, and then poured it over the meatballs.