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.
We were very cold, and immediately wanted something hot and satisfying. And what could be better than borscht in this weather? Only borscht with a lid! Thick, rich, with a light aroma of fire – it will not leave anyone indifferent!
Each family has its own recipe for cooking borscht. According to this recipe, my great-grandmother, great-grandmother, and now my mother and I cooked borscht. And interestingly, this borscht is eaten by my husband, who does not eat vegetables (well, except potatoes).
When posting the recipe for borscht, I thought – I probably need to have the courage to post the next version of this dish on our website! Do not judge strictly – I have weighed all the pros and cons and made a decision! We cook this borscht all summer in the country, right on the fire, very useful and really summer!
A classic recipe of one of the Ukrainian red lean borscht. The soup turns out very tasty. Mushrooms give the dish a special zest. Try to cook, you will like it.
I like to cook, allowing maximum variety in the use of ingredients, proportions, etc. Pasta with Bolognese sauce is from this series. The base is minced meat with tomatoes or tomato paste. Then you can dream up, add ingredients, replace them with similar ones.
Very tasty ribs! Yummy, I love the combination of meat and fruit! This is a great recipe! It will be useful both for a festive table and for going out into nature. Everyone will be happy.
We have a lot of greenery in the spring. And from it we will cook a very delicious borscht. My whole family loves this borscht recipe. Try to cook and share your impressions.
