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.
Pickle with dried mushrooms and rice, cooked in a slow cooker, is a wonderful dish for a lean table. It is not only delicious and satisfying, but also healthy. After all, mushrooms are a valuable source of protein in their composition, a lot of vegetables and herbs.
I cooked it once and since then I have been cooking constantly, preferring it to ordinary borscht. My family likes this soup, my daughter often asks to cook “red soup with sausages”. This soup has a rich burgundy beetroot color, slightly sweet taste. If you like beetroot, be sure to try it.
This dish, without a doubt, is worthy to decorate a festive table, but it will also come in handy in the everyday menu. As a festive dish and a delicious sandwich for breakfast.
This is a very simple, but at the same time satisfying soup. Cooking it on water, we get a dietary option for the warm season, and meat broth – warming for the cold. The water version can be served both hot and chilled.
Everyone knows that soups are very different: cold, hot, mashed soup, cream soup, etc. Have you ever met a hot beetroot? If not, then we urgently need to fix the situation and cook this amazing soup, I assure you, there will be no indifferent to it. Very tasty, bright, juicy!
The end of spring is a time of sunshine, greenery and picnics. I want to offer you a dish that is perfect as a homemade hot or outdoor snack for not yet ready kebabs. To heal. You’ll probably like it.
The good thing about such dishes is that you can put everything you have at hand, put it in the oven and do your own thing, and as a result – bam… and the festive dish is ready!!!
I love terrines… I start cooking another terrine when my family needs cutlets. In fact, terrine is a meat casserole. More precisely, a minced meat casserole. In the filling – everything that my family loves. And you… you can experiment with other options! Ideal for hot summers, as it is very tasty when cold.