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.
I present to your attention a delicious healthy dish in the post. Salad with cereals and vegetables. Vegetables and cereals will complement each other. The taste becomes brighter and juicier, and the appearance is more spectacular. Salad is a great solution for the dining table, and will also contribute to weight loss.
A very tasty, crunchy and hearty salad suitable for a lean table. Nutty dressing makes the salad original and interesting to taste. And the composition is very simple – pickled cucumber, beetroot and beans.
Why almost? Because it is not on bread, but less calorific – on rye bread with vegetables, olives, green onions with garlic and olive oil. A great and quick snack. Relevant in the Fast and not only.
This soup will not leave anyone indifferent! Mushroom assortment fills the soup with unusual flavors, and corn grits give a good density. The colors of the soup resemble an autumn forest clearing. So the summer has passed…
Clean the fish from the bones, disassemble it into pieces or cut it. Hot smoking is better to disassemble with your hands.
Grate the carrots on a fine grater.
Peel the onion and cut it into half rings.
Peel the apples and cut them into cubes. Apples are better to take sweet, but this is for an amateur.
Cut the pickled cucumbers into slices.
Prepare the sauce from vegetable oil, vinegar, sugar, salt and ground black pepper.
Combine everything, season the salad with the sauce and put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.