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.
I will be happy to add this simple, light and delicious salad to my culinary piggy bank. The harmonious combination of products and the speed of cooking is a distinctive feature of this dish. Help yourself!
In autumn, many people have a pumpkin on the table. Tender chicken fillet with pumpkin and carrots in cream sauce will be a delicious lunch or dinner. You can serve it with a side dish or just with bread.
Spicy potatoes with fried wild mushrooms and onions, baked in the oven under the crust of a mixture of breadcrumbs and cheese. Potatoes with mushrooms from the oven are many people’s favorite dish. Try this option as well. Now autumn is the season for a variety of wild mushroom dishes, hearty, fragrant and delicious.
An amazing dish of ordinary potatoes. Scattered like hot cakes. I liked them with coffee. You can make more and then reheat before serving. Or form blanks and fry later when there is time.
Pumpkin stuffed with vegetables and quinoa with bacon and Suluguni. Fill the pumpkin pot with stuffing and you will get an unusually beautiful hot dish that can be prepared for a festive table.
