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.
Yes, I know, there are many options for cooking borscht, honestly looking at everything, I want to add my own version. It differs in cooking technology, and the result is a delicious, beautiful, fragrant borscht with fresh summer vegetables.
I offer you a fragrant and rich soup with hunting sausages and young cabbage. For all cabbage lovers. You will fall in love with him from the first spoon.
Without embellishment, this is my favorite soup. That’s how my great-grandmother cooked. Eat it cold, but it is no less delicious when hot. It is prepared very quickly. Try it and you, maybe it will become a favorite for you.
Girls, I would say briefly: incredibly delicious borscht. Very bright and saturated. It can be cooked both in meat broth and in a lean vegetarian version. Both options are very good. Today I cooked it with meat.
Very useful for the body. We are in a hurry to share a wonderful light (!) tomato soup, which is perfect for lunch on a hot day. Such a fresh, fragrant, elegant and healthy soup!!!
I often cook this soup, and it’s a pleasure to cook it in a Zepter dish, because it is cooked in it without water and oil, which not only simplifies the cooking process, but also preserves all the useful substances.
I offer you a recipe for a very rich-tasting first course. More like a hot liquid vinaigrette. For those who observe fasting, you can cook this soup in vegetable broth or even just on water. Try to cook this borscht.
