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.
A very simple but delicious dish for a family meal. You can serve as an independent dish, or as a side dish. Rice turns out to be rich in the aromas of mushrooms and vegetables. It is also possible to use the remaining rice cooked the day before.
Very simple salad with a minimum of ingredients. Everyone has faced a situation when the hostess cooks meat for the first course, but you want to cook something else for dinner. In this situation, the recipe for this salad will come in handy.
The basic version of a Spanish omelet consists of just a couple of ingredients – eggs and potatoes. In this recipe, I want to show an extended version of it.
I offer you a recipe for a light salad, which will be a great option for snacks for the New year. Its preparation does not require any special effort, and its composition will please even those who adhere to proper nutrition.
Very autumnal and very unusual soup-an unusual composition, a very unusual taste. Chef’s recipe always attracts with its novelty. For a long time I looked at them -very strange combinations of ingredients. Curiosity got the better of me-I prepared it. Our lunch turned out with an incredible aroma of porcini mushrooms! Trying it?
