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.
Sometimes I cook hot sandwiches fried in vegetable batter. I think many people are familiar with such sandwiches. I decided to use this dough for chicken chops. It turned out very tasty, juicy and fragrant.
An option is a recipe that is maximally simplified and minimizes labor intensity (thanks to all the poaching chefs). Do not fry. No fat, except fish. Blitz: simple/fast/natural. Hopefully for dieting.
Such a pie has a very interesting dough structure and color. The dough is low-fat, there is no butter and eggs in it. The pie turns out very tasty! Lots of juicy filling and little dough. I advise everyone to cook it!
A brutal recipe from chef Ilya Lazerson, who, in turn, tried this dish in one of the establishments in Sochi and shared with us on his channel his impressions and, of course, the recipe itself. The easiest to prepare and available in ingredients.
One of my family’s favorite dishes. This wand is a lifesaver for me in the literal sense of the word. Everything is cut, mixed, and in half an hour the lazy cabbage rolls are ready – delicious, hearty, fragrant and delicious!
Lobio is a Georgian dish that is made from beans. One lobio may differ from another in bean varieties and ingredients. As they say: “There are more lobio recipes than Georgian ones.” But everyone will like this one!
There are several ways to make pancakes with nem. And the main difference here is in the content of the filling for pancakes. So you can improvise and come up with your own recipe. And personally I like this one…
