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.
Vegetable pancakes with minced meat are a very simple dish. They are more nutritious, tasty and high-calorie than just vegetables, so they can be safely served not only for breakfast, but also for lunch and even for dinner.
Very tasty and fast!!! We were on vacation, and we cooked this dish, everyone liked it, I asked the cook for the recipe and decided to cook it myself at home, it’s really very tasty and simple!
What I love about meatloaf is the speed of cooking and its versatility. Hot as a main course, cold on a sandwich – it’s delicious in all kinds! And every time you add new ingredients, you can get a new dish.
Dear friends, decide for yourself, the idea is buckwheat with cucumbers! And everything is so harmoniously combined! The salad and side dish will be just great!
I suggest you try a very delicious pollock salad, suitable both for receiving guests and for a quiet family dinner. It is cooked quickly, and eaten even faster. If all the ingredients are prepared in advance, then it will take less than five minutes to assemble the salad, this is very convenient when you are preparing a lot of dishes for the holidays.
Red lentil soup always turns out delicious, healthy and very beautiful. I decided to share with you a wonderful recipe for soup with mushrooms. I had frozen mushrooms.
A very quick recipe for making a very tasty cake. Literally one, two, three. When dinner is on the nose, and I wanted a pie. Wonderful pie! I love fried mushrooms.
Pepperoni in the Mediterranean. If you are tired of the traditional recipe for stuffed rice, then make a couple of magic steps – and cook pepper stuffed in a Mediterranean way.
This is a hearty, appetizing dish for those who like to eat delicious food. It is perfect for a festive table or just for lunch or dinner. Pork belly baked in the oven according to this recipe is very easy to prepare, and the finished meat will exceed all your expectations. You can bake pork brisket just like that, pickled and put on a baking sheet, or bake in foil.