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.
Pea soup has been known for a long time. In each country, pea soup is prepared in its own way. I’m writing a recipe for Canadian pea soup. This recipe is very popular in Quebec. Only yellow polka dots are used.
The originality of this soup is that tomatoes are used in the soup. The taste is bright, not whipped, very rich. Original spices give a unique flavor that emphasizes the aroma of mushrooms. Try this!
This is a diet soup, without re-frying, without saturated meat or chicken broth. Only light vegetable broth, steamed rice, squid with protein and minerals and, of course, unsurpassed soy sauce.
This is a Japanese dish. It consists of Chinese-style wheat noodles served in meat or (sometimes) fish broth, often seasoned with soy sauce or miso, and using fillings such as sliced pork, dried seaweed (nori), menma and green onions. Almost every region of Japan has its own variations of rain, ranging from pork bone broth.
A few years ago I found a recipe in a local magazine and since then everyone in the family likes it unconditionally! The number of bombs depends on their size, I always say: more mold! Combined with chicken broth, it’s really delicious!
