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 really liked this soup! Especially children. Be sure to cook it more often. It is not difficult to cook it at all. Enjoy the delicious Italian soup.
Soup with wild rice, cottage cheese and baked beetroot. The sweetness of beetroot, balsamic sourness, creamy taste of cottage cheese, soft warmth of ginger, spicy wild rice – that’s how I can describe this soup-puree. In short, it’s impossibly delicious!
And today we have borscht. And you? Yes, the most ordinary borscht, a standard set of products, but there is something unusual in it. I’ve tried a lot of borscht recipes, but I always come back to it. Of course, the set of products varies, that is, paprika, celery, beans, tomatoes, eggplants are added… Invariably one thing: mashed potatoes, lemon juice and sugar.
Rich in proteins, beautiful and bright fish soup with vegetables will be a wonderful treat for your guests. Historically, this soup was cheap and was prepared by Provencal fishermen in the evenings from fish that could not be sold in a day. But over time, it became very popular, and expensive fish and seafood (including lobsters) began to be added to it. Orange peel and saffron give a special piquancy to this soup – they are simply irreplaceable. Fennel with its special delicate taste and aroma is added to bouillabaisse almost always. And toasts with garlic mayonnaise harmoniously combine all the ingredients and set off their taste.
Everyone in my family loves borscht. It is difficult to spoil it, but it is also difficult to bring something new. It’s always borscht. But after trying this option, I was just pleasantly surprised. All the colors of ordinary borscht began to play in a completely new way. The taste was bright and rich. Try to cook.
In the spring, I try to switch to greenery. In addition, spring greens are harvested for the future. But it is necessary to go to such a transition in small steps. Served with borscht, there is also meat in it. Borscht will turn out very tasty.
Cooking borscht is very simple. Borscht turns out to be low-calorie. You can eat it in the morning, for lunch and dinner and not think about extra pounds. Try to cook, and you won’t regret it. Very tasty.
I accidentally saw this recipe on a Polish culinary website called “Little Borscht”. I cooked and decided to share with you this not quite an ordinary recipe, but rather an approach to its preparation.
Borscht is the first dish of Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Polish cuisine, the main ingredient of which is beetroot. Today I’m cooking borscht with meat and mushrooms. It will be very tasty. Try to cook.