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.
The sun is shining brightly outside the window, the mood is asking for spring! And I decided to surprise my family with a spring mood and cook a delicious salad in a spring decoration.
Tender fish with fried onions, stewed in melted milk. Cook quickly, not troublesome, a simple set of products and a delicious hot dish at the exit! We like to soak fragrant bread in milk.
Colorful, delicious and fragrant ingredients whirl in a waltz, creating a real feast on your plate. Perfect for any festive table. You can easily diversify your menu with this salad.
The soup contains not only beets and thanks to this it turns out to be hearty and fragrant. The result is a very rich taste of beetroot. I added some cream. Adding them to the soup is more of a habit.
Last summer in Greece, we were served this dish at a hotel. I really liked it. Once at home, I cooked it, slightly improving the cooking technology (there was too much oil in the hotel, and the zucchini looked like stew). Now this is one of my favorite zucchini recipes. A frequent dish on our summer table.
