Onion Salad with Lemon

3-4 large onions,
1/2 lemon
3 art. spoons of sour cream
1 st. mayonnaise spoon,
parsley and dill,
sugar, salt.

Cooking
Peel the onion, wash and cut into thin rings or half rings.
If the onion is bitter, rinse it with cold water, place in a saucepan, pour boiling water over it, let stand for a while without closing the lid, then fold it into a colander.
Put salt and sugar into the chilled onion, add lemon juice, season with sour cream and mayonnaise.
Put in a salad bowl, sprinkle with chopped herbs, cool.

Layered onion salad "Pompadour"

2 medium onions,
2-3 apples (Antonovka is better),
4 eggs,
100-150 g of hard cheese,
mayonnaise (can be mixed with sour cream),
lemon juice.

Cut the onion into rings, pour over with boiling water, cool.
Cut hard-boiled eggs into thin slices.
Peel the apples, grate on a coarse grater and sprinkle with lemon juice or diluted citric acid so as not to darken.
Put prepared products in layers in a flat salad bowl.
First, put the whole onion and pour it with mayonnaise, then apples and also pour mayonnaise on apples - circles of eggs and mayonnaise, on top - cheese, grated on a coarse grater, and again mayonnaise.

Note. Salad can be decorated with chopped egg yolk or cheese chips, in the center - a sprig of greens.

Onion salad with plums

300 g sweet onions,
10 plums (fresh, from compote or marinade),
2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 st. a spoonful of finely chopped parsley,
salt, ground pepper.

Cooking
Wash the peeled onion and cut into very small cubes.
Remove pits from plums, cut into strips.
Mix everything with oil, season with salt and pepper.
Put the finished salad on a dish and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley.

Boiled onions with Polish cheese

Cut the peeled onion into 4 or 8 slices without cutting off the hard “heel”. Boil water, salt, add sugar. Put the onion in boiling water and boil for 1-2 minutes. Drain in a colander, put on a plate, pour with melted butter, sprinkle with ground breadcrumbs and grated cheese.

spicy onion sauce

Fry flour with butter and dilute with broth. Peel the onion, finely chop and fry in oil. Mix everything, add tomato puree, salt, pepper and fry again. Then pour in the vinegar and boil the mixture until the density of sour cream. Note. Serve with fried and stewed meat, meatballs.

Essence béarnaise (French cuisine)

Cut the onion, put it together with the rest of the products in a saucepan and simmer over low heat for 2 hours. Rub the mass through a sieve, pour into small bottles or jars, close well so that the essence does not evaporate, and put in the refrigerator. Note. Use for making sauces, flavoring dishes.

glazed onion

Preparation Put the small peeled onions on the bottom of the saucepan, cover with meat broth or water, salt, pepper, add oil and cover with a lid, cook on low heat. When all the liquid is boiled, the bulbs are ready. Roll them on the bottom of the saucepan so that they are covered with the remaining liquid, like icing.

Onion soup with cheese (French cuisine)

4 bulbs
200 g wheat bread,
1.5 liters of water or meat broth,
2 tbsp. butter spoons,
3-5 art. spoons of grated cheese
salt, ground pepper.

Cooking
Cut the onion into rings, fry in butter or margarine, sprinkle with pepper, transfer to a saucepan, add water or meat broth, boil, salt.
Fry slices of wheat bread on both sides in butter, sprinkle with grated cheese, put in a saucepan, pour over cooked soup and warm over low heat for 8-10 minutes.

Onion stewed with tomatoes and cheese

400 g onions,
400 g cheese,
200 g tomatoes,
130 g vegetable oil,
parsley.

Cooking
In a deep frying pan or saucepan with a thick bottom, fry finely chopped onions in vegetable oil. Put finely chopped tomatoes there and simmer for 5 minutes.
Then put chopped cheese on top of the onion with tomatoes and cover it with onion and tomatoes on top too.
Close the lid and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.
Serve hot, sprinkled with finely chopped parsley.

Onion stewed with cheese

500 g onions,
50 g butter,
1/2 cup sour cream.
3 eggs,
1 st. a spoonful of ground breadcrumbs,
50 g grated cheese, salt.

Cooking
Cut the onion into rings, salt and simmer in oil, stirring occasionally, until tender.
Then put it in an even layer on a frying pan, greased with butter and sprinkled with breadcrumbs, pour over with a mixture of eggs and sour cream, sprinkle with grated cheese and let it brown in a heated oven.

Onion caviar

600 g onions,
60 g tomato,
50 g parsley,
citric acid, salt, sugar,
vegetable oil.

Cooking
Chop the onion, fry in vegetable oil until golden brown, add the tomato and fry again until the onion is combined with the tomato.
Chop the mass with a knife, add salt, citric acid and sugar.
Sprinkle with chopped parsley when serving.

Italian stuffed onion

6 medium onions
1 bun (100 g),
50 g ham or boiled sausage,
1 egg
1 st. a spoonful of grated cheese
1 st. a spoonful of finely chopped parsley,
2 tbsp. butter spoons,
1 st. a spoonful of sugar
1/2 cup beef broth
salt, ground pepper.

Cooking
Finely chop the ham or sausage, mix with the soaked bun. Remove the core from the onions, finely chop, mix with egg, parsley and cheese, add minced ham and rolls, salt and pepper. Fill the onions with the minced meat, put them in a greased pan. Separately, brown the butter with granulated sugar, combine them with meat broth, pour this mixture over the stuffed onion, then put the pan on the fire and simmer the onion with low heat for 40 minutes.

Pie with onions and bacon

Ingredients:
For test:

500 g flour
30 g yeast
250 g milk
2 teaspoons of butter,
salt, vanilla sugar.

750 g onions,
180 g bacon,
250 g sour cream
3-4 eggs
40 g starch,
60 g butter,
salt, 2-3 tbsp. cumin spoons.

Cooking
Dissolve yeast in warm milk. Mix the sifted flour with the rest of the ingredients, knead the dough until smooth, put in a warm place for 1.5 hours.
Punch down the risen dough and knead again, then roll out on a floured board and place on a baking sheet greased with butter.
Put the prepared filling on the dough, form a pie.
Bake in the oven on medium heat for 40 minutes.
Filling preparation. Finely chopped bacon fry in butter, add chopped onion, cumin, salt. Warm everything up, remove from heat, add sour cream mixed with eggs and starch.

Polish pickled onion

Ingredients:
For marinade:

1 liter of water
2-3 tbsp. spoons of vinegar 9%,
15 grains of black and allspice,
5-7 bay leaves.

Cooking
Peel, wash and dip the onion in boiling salt water (120-250 g of salt per 1 liter of water). Boil for 2-3 minutes, remove and immediately cool in cold water.
Fill jars with prepared onions up to shoulders, pour over hot marinade and pasteurize at 85 ° C: half-liter jars - 10-12 minutes, liter - 15-20 minutes.

Delicious Indian onion dish

Cut 2 onions into thick half rings, scald with boiling water and rinse immediately with cold water.
Add olive oil, vinegar, sugar and curry to the onion. Stir with a fork, pressing down onion to release juice.
Leave for 10 minutes, stir a couple of times. Drain off excess liquid and eat. I recommend with herring and boiled potatoes.
Onions can be sprinkled with chopped dill.

Onion rings in batter

onion - 4 pcs.
egg - 2 pcs.
beer - 0.5 cups
flour - 0.5 cups
vegetable oil

Fried Onion Step by Step Recipe

Separate egg whites from yolks. Beat egg yolks, flour and beer. Salt.
Peel the onion and cut into rings.
Roll onion rings in flour.
Whip the egg whites until foamy and add to the batter. Mix carefully.
Put onion rings, rolled in flour, in batter.
Heat vegetable oil in a deep frying pan. Remove the onion rings from the batter with a fork and dip in vegetable oil. The oil should completely cover the onion rings.
Fry onion rings on both sides until golden brown.
Place the fried rings on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.

Onion rings in batter are ready.

stuffed onion

A very unusual and tasty recipe, even such ardent onion lovers as my daughter eat it with pleasure. Stuffed onions are obtained with a sweetish aftertaste, saturated with meat aroma, very fragrant and juicy.

pickled onion

If someone does not like the smell and taste of onions, then pickled onions are a salvation. By the way, now is such a period when all sorts of viruses are rampant there, and whether you want it or not, you can’t do without phytoncides. In addition, a pickled onion is much more interesting for eating: it crunches pleasantly and has a fresh sweet and sour taste. In addition, a pickled onion is perfect for barbecue, meat, fish, pilaf, in any salads where onions are needed. Yes, just put a few rings on bread and eat with any dish, and it’s healthy and tasty. This pickling method is very simple and quick - the onion turns out crispy and has a pleasant sour taste.

In addition, a pickled onion is perfect for barbecue, meat, fish, pilaf, in any salads where onions are needed. Yes, just put a few rings on bread and eat with any dish, and it’s healthy and tasty. This pickling method is very simple and quick - the onion turns out crispy and has a pleasant sour taste. We take onions - 3 pcs (largest) vinegar 9% - 3 tablespoons salt - 1 teaspoon without top sugar - 2 teaspoons Vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons Cut the onion into thin rings or half rings. Sprinkle with salt, sugar, sprinkle with vinegar. Mix with your hands, lightly rubbing and leave for 15 minutes. Then add vegetable oil and fold into a glass jar, tamping strongly. Onions will soon give a lot of juice and will be all in brine. Can be consumed immediately or stored in the refrigerator for up to a week. Bon appetit!

onion salad

See how beautiful he looks! Onion salad onion in general is a necessary and useful thing, you can serve it with any dish. And with pomegranate seeds, such a salad looks just fabulously beautiful.

So, we need: 1 large onion 1 tbsp lemon juice 0.5 tsp sugar 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil pomegranate seeds, salt Chop the onion. pour boiling water over, squeeze, sprinkle with sugar, salt, season with lemon juice and oil. Put on a plate, sprinkle with pomegranate seeds.

onion cake

Delicious fragrant cake on mayonnaise dough. The smell when baking is such that the saliva flows. delicious both cold and hot

We make liquid yeast dough with mayonnaise, as in this recipe

Pour half of the dough into the mold

Put chopped onion on it.

The second layer is covered with grated hard cheese.

Pour in the rest of the dough

Bake at 180 degrees for about half an hour.

Serve hot, although the cooled cake is also very tasty.

Onion cutlets "Guess"

I call this recipe "Guessing". When you give someone a try and ask them to guess what, everyone responds differently. Someone feels the taste of meat, someone fish, someone mushrooms. And the main component there is an ordinary onion.

Ingredients: 5 medium-sized onions 3 eggs 6 tbsp. l. semolina 1 tbsp. l. flour To taste salt, pepper, tomato paste, a little oil for frying. Pour 6 tablespoons of semolina into a cup, add eggs, set aside for 10 minutes to swell. Chop the onion very finely, fry until golden brown, cool slightly and mix with semolina and eggs. Salt, add 1 tablespoon of flour and mix well. The dough will be watery, but thanks to the eggs everything will be fine. Spread the finished mass in a pan, like pancakes and fry on both sides. Then prepare the gravy: fry one finely chopped onion, pour over the tomato paste, add salt and pepper. Put the finished pancakes into the pan and pour the gravy to the top. Let stand for a bit and serve.

Onion marinade for herring

If you bought a salted herring, take your time to clean it and use it right away, have a little patience, make it in an onion marinade. So, to cook herring in the marinade, you need lightly salted herring, cut into fillets and cut into pieces. If you bought a rather salty herring, then just put it in milk for 2-3 hours, then rinse it under water and wipe it with a towel.

So, to cook herring in the marinade, you need lightly salted herring, cut into fillets and cut into pieces. If you bought a rather salty herring, then just put it in milk for 2-3 hours, then rinse it under water and wipe it with a towel.

Cut 1 large onion into thin rings (If you took 2 pieces of herring, then the onions, respectively, must

2. The whole point of the recipe is that there should be a lot of onions.) Put the onions in a colander, pour boiling water from the kettle, squeeze, sprinkle with half a teaspoon of salt and sugar, lightly pepper, sprinkle with vinegar.

Remember a little with your hands. Put the herring in a jar, shifting with onions. Top with vegetable oil, 2-3 tables. spoons. Close the lid and leave overnight.

Just set a goal for yourself, in no case should you approach the refrigerator at night, otherwise the herring will not survive until morning. Bon appetit and respect to all who waited for the morning, and it will reward you for your patience!

Onion Pancakes

Onion pancakes are very tasty and healthy. Easy to prepare.

2 large onions 0.5 liters of kefir 2 eggs salt Soda (a pinch, do not quench!) flour Method of preparation: Two large onions, finely cut, pour half a liter of kefir, add two eggs, salt, soda (do not quench because in fermented milk products - kefir - it will go out by itself), and flour until the thickness of the dough for pancakes, mix well and fry in a pan, in well-heated oil, spreading the dough with a spoon. By the same principle, you can cook cabbage pancakes, finely chop the cabbage, mash slightly and make the dough as in this recipe. Both onion and cabbage pancakes are very tasty and healthy.

Onion bowls for salads

Thus, you can serve salted and smoked fish in the form of salads. Prepare any salad with fish, or just cut the fish into pieces, season with oil and lemon juice (as in the photo) and put in such onion baskets. Take onions of any size, depending on the desired size of the servings. Peel the onions, cut in half and put in boiling water acidified with vinegar for 5-7 minutes. Then separate the onion halves and put the salad in them.

It's easy to wow your guests! And it takes 10-15 minutes to prepare this snack. Neither in appearance nor in taste it is impossible to understand that the main ingredient here is an ordinary onion. This is an alternative to onion rings. But this appetizer is much tastier, more aromatic and looks very appetizing. Good for beer, and just like that.

Snack onion rings in batter

Ingredients:

3 onions
1 teaspoon a spoonful of lemon juice

For batter:

100 g flour
1/2 table. tablespoons of vegetable oil
3 eggs
ground black pepper
ground red pepper
3 table. spoons of sour cream
50 g dill

Cooking method:

Peel the onion, cut into thick rings, sprinkle with lemon juice and leave for 2 minutes. Prepare batter. Read more:
Combine flour, vegetable oil, sour cream, eggs, salt and pepper in a deep bowl and mix with a whisk until a smooth, homogeneous dough without lumps is obtained.
Dill wash, dry, finely chop and add to the batter. Mix again. Heat vegetable oil in a deep fryer or deep saucepan to a boil.
Dip onion rings in batter, remove with a fork, put in deep fat and fry first on one side, then on the other side until golden brown.
Transfer the finished onion rings to a paper towel to drain excess oil. It is good to serve an appetizer hot on lettuce leaves.

Lemon and Onion Snack

In our complex world, we are used to not noticing the simple and not attaching importance to elementary things. Improving in everything, people got used to difficulties and simply ceased to be afraid of difficulties.

Ingredients:

Lemon - 1 pc.
Onion - 1 head
Sugar

Cooking method:

I can't find the words! To retell the taste, I propose to start cooking this very hour, and after that, let the most eloquent ones kindly share their feelings in the comments
Cut lemon and onion into even and round slices. Peel and wash the onion, and it will be enough to rinse and dry the lemon.
Sprinkle a small amount of sugar on the bottom of a flat plate, about 2 teaspoons. Next, first put a slice of lemon.
Then, sprinkle sugar on the lemon, put onion on top, put sugar again and repeat the whole process in the following order: lemon, sugar, onion, sugar again, lemon again, etc. until it's all over.
At the end, sprinkle with more sugar and pour over lemon juice to enhance the effect.
Consume like sandwiches: a slice of lemon with a slice of onion at a time.
In such a performance and combination, lemon-onion salad, the taste of which cannot be conveyed to the masses in simple words, is in fact an ideal snack for vodka.

onion lotus appetizer

Ingredients:

2 large onions
2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon tablespoon ground cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons tablespoons ground sweet paprika
a pinch each of ground cumin and dried thyme
ground black pepper to taste
2 eggs
120 ml milk
vegetable oil for frying

Cooking method:

Cut out two flowers from the bulbs. To do this, peel the onion and cut off the top (1.5 cm). The lower edge - the root of the bulb - is left intact.
From the side where the feathers grow, with a sharp knife with a thin blade, divide the onion into 10 equal slices, without cutting 0.5 cm to the base.
Gently open the cut onion with your fingers and cut out some of the pulp from the middle to make a flower.
It is convenient to use a round fruit knife to cut the pulp. Shake eggs with milk. In another bowl, mix flour with spices and dried thyme.
Dip the onion flowers in the egg mixture, let drain. Sprinkle the flowers with flour. Heat vegetable oil in a deep fryer or deep frying pan.
Dip one onion flower into hot oil and fry on one side for about 4 minutes, then carefully flip over and cook for about 3-4 more minutes until golden brown.
Deep-fry another flower in the same way. Transfer the deep-fried onion flowers to a kitchen towel to absorb excess fat, salt. Insert a sauce bowl into the center of each flower.

Delicious appetizer of tomato and onion

Ingredients:

6-8 ripe, firm tomatoes, plum-shaped are ideal.
1 large onion
4 tbsp. spoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
2 sprigs of rosemary
2 garlic cloves
2 tbsp. dried basil spoons
2 tbsp lemon juice
a pinch of red hot pepper
salt, black pepper

Cooking method:

We mix olive oil, lemon juice, honey, add rosemary leaves, basil herb, spices and mix everything thoroughly.
In a deep dish, lay out the layers of tomatoes and onions and pour everything on top with marinade.
Do not be afraid that the marinade at first glance may seem small.
Tomatoes and onions will give juice, which will mix with dressing and the amount of marinade will increase several times.
Close everything tightly with a lid and put in the refrigerator for two days, no less. But, if you stand longer, it will be even tastier!
In two days you will get an unusual and very fragrant tomato and onion appetizer!!! The tomatoes will soak in the marinade and acquire an amazing taste, and the onion will become soft and piquant.
Take the snack out of the fridge an hour before eating to let it come to room temperature.

Onion rings

Ingredients:

2 large onions
vegetable oil
salt pepper
3 art. l. flour
1 egg
3 art. l. olive oil
salt pepper

Cooking method:

Make batter for batter: mix flour with egg, pepper and salt, add butter. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes.
Cut the onion into thick rings and soak in cold water for 30 minutes.
Dry the onions, dip the rings in batter and fry with enough oil in a deep fryer or in a deep frying pan. Lay out the finished rings on a napkin to remove excess fat.
Serve the rings hot! Batter can be made with the addition of light beer.
The onion shell will turn out more voluminous if the proteins are beaten separately into a steep foam. Paprika, cumin, and coriander are great spice options for batter.
Hot rings will be very tasty if you sprinkle them with sesame seeds during frying.

Cold onion appetizer for meat

A cold appetizer for fatty meat can be very simple, but at the same time original and tasty. We prepared it from several varieties of onions. It turned out, of course, tough, but you can’t imagine a better accompaniment for fatty meat. After pickling, the taste and smell of onions soften several times, and you can fearlessly eat it like a regular salad.

Ingredients:

Equal amounts of red and white onions,
Balsamic (wine) vinegar,
Lemon juice,
Greens - parsley, mint, cilantro,
Salt.

Cooking method:

Cut the onion into thin rings or half rings, salt, pour with vinegar and lemon juice, lightly remember with your hands.
Add finely chopped herbs and mix thoroughly. Leave to marinate for several hours in the refrigerator.
Hot fried chicken and a cold onion appetizer are perfect with dry red wine, Madeira, sherry.
By the way, girls should not be afraid of fat and extra calories - meat with onions is ideal in terms of calories to vitamins and other useful substances. And if you add more fresh vegetables and herbs, we get a completely dietary lunch.
Fried meat and onions do not need any additions, but we made a small compromise - in the oil left after frying the chicken, we prepared a vegetable stew of young zucchini, carrots and another variety of onions.

Gourmet appetizer of onions

Ingredients:

4 red onions
cutting board
Bowl
a little olive oil
2 t. spoons of balsamic vinegar
heat-resistant form
a pinch of salt and pepper
aluminium foil

Cooking:

Remove the skin from the onion and cut off the bottom so the onion can stand.
Cut the onion, leaving about one centimeter at the bottom. First we cut it into two halves.
Then back into two parts. Then we make the same cuts on the bulb again and again until you get 8 slices that open like a flower bud.
Repeat the same process with the other bulbs. Place the onions in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Salt and pepper. Lubricate the mold with oil and put the onion in it along with the remaining gravy (oil, vinegar).
Leave space between the bulbs for future petals. Cover with foil to prevent the petals from charring. And put it in the oven.
Bake at 200 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Remove the foil after 25-30 minutes and bake for another 10 minutes.
The finished flowers look like water lilies! They can serve as a wonderful decoration for other dishes or as a side dish or appetizer. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar give them a wonderful taste.

Appetizer with pickled onions

Ingredients:

500 gr boiled beef or pork
3 medium sized onions

For marinade:

90 gr lemon juice
50 gr water
3 art. l. Sahara
4 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
1.5 tsp salt
2 tbsp. l. balsamic vinegar
black pepper to taste
1 tsp dried parsley
½ tsp dried marjoram
¼ tsp chili flakes

Cooking:

Boil water in a saucepan. Lower the meat and cook for 40-50 minutes with the addition of bay leaves, 5-6 black peppercorns, 2 cloves, a small onion. At the end of cooking, you need to salt a little. The output should be 500 grams of boiled meat pulp.
Combine all ingredients for the marinade in a large bowl.
Onion cut into half rings or rings.
Cut the meat into pieces 5-7 mm thick.
Place meat and onions in a bowl. It is necessary to alternate so that the first and last layers are onion.
Pour everything with marinade, close and put in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours. It needs to be stirred periodically.
Add fresh cilantro and chili pepper to the finished snack.
If you do not like the spiciness of chili, you can replace it with bell pepper or sprinkle pomegranate seeds on top of the finished snack.
Balsamic vinegar can be replaced with rice, apple.
In this way, you can prepare the language. Why not? It will be very tasty

Crispy fried curry onions

Crispy fried curry onions are added to sprinkled on mashed potatoes or seasoned with ready-made meat and fish dishes. To make the onion really crunchy, it is first thinly sliced, rolled in a mixture of flour, salt and curry, and then dipped in boiling oil for a few minutes. Everything! An elementary recipe, but what a pleasure.

Ingredients:

onion - 1 pc. (big bulb)
flour - 1 tbsp.
salt - 1 tsp
curry (powder, ready mix) - 1/2 tsp
vegetable oil for frying

Cooking method:

Peel the onion, cut in half, then cut each half in half again. Finely chop the resulting quarters and put in a large bowl.
Sprinkle the chopped onions with the mixture of flour, salt and curry powder, mix well so that all the onions are covered with the flour mixture.
At this time, heat vegetable oil in a deep frying pan or saucepan. Dip the onion into the oil. The oil should completely cover the onion.
As soon as the onion is golden, fish it out of the oil with a slotted spoon and lay the next batch for deep-frying.
Leave the fried onions on a paper towel for a few minutes to absorb excess fat.
Crispy onion curry is ready. You can use it in different recipes, which is why the finished dish will only benefit.

Lean onion pancakes

From the products listed in the recipe, 6 large onion fritters are obtained. Instead of eggs, flax seeds ground in a coffee grinder are added to the onion mass for pancakes. Delicious with sweet mustard. Nearby, millet or barley porridge was asking for it. For those who sit on duty and love onions - dump heads.

Ingredients:

onions - 2 large onions
semolina - 2 tbsp.
salt - to taste
vegetable oil for frying
flax seeds - 2 tbsp.
water - 6 tbsp.

Cooking method:

In the lean version, eggs are replaced with flax seeds. It is both healthy and tasty. 1 egg equals 1 tbsp. spoon of flaxseed + 3 tbsp. spoons of water. The seed should be finely ground in a coffee grinder, add water and put on a small fire for a few minutes.
The onion was rubbed on a grater burner into small crumbs, salted. She squeezed for the juice to come out. I added semolina, flax seeds and left for 20 minutes. The result was a mixture like thick pancakes.
Put with a spoon on a well-heated pan (do not align! They will form by themselves). Fry over medium heat on each side for 3-4 minutes.
Turn carefully with a spatula. Put the finished pancakes-tsybulyanushki on a napkin to remove excess oil. Delicious with sweet mustard. Nearby, millet or barley porridge was asking for it. For those who sit on duty and love onions - dump heads.

Leek appetizer with bacon

From the white part of the leek, you can make a delicious casserole. To begin with, I blanch the white juicy part of the onion, remove a few top leaves and wrap it with a strip of salted bacon. The leaves are returned to their place, the onions and bacon are placed in a heat-resistant form and covered with a vegetable coat. After 10 minutes in the oven, everything is ready.

Ingredients:

leek - 2 stalks
bacon (preferably sliced)
sour cream (fat content 20%) - 100g
cream (fat content 33%) - 150 ml
prunes (pre-soaked) - 6 pcs.
carrots (medium) - 1 pc.
apple (medium) - 1 pc.
cheese (for example, Edam variety) - 50g.

Cooking method:

Cut off the white part from the green part of the leek. From a pair of green leaves, cut longitudinal strips 0.5 - 0.7 cm wide. If the bacon is salty enough, then do not add more salt to this dish.
In a saucepan with a large diameter, boil water, into which the white part of the leek is lowered for exactly two minutes, then immediately transferred to cold water. When cool, transfer the leeks to paper towels to dry.
You can use a knife, I did it with scissors, to make a longitudinal incision on the top three layers on the white part of the onion. She took off the cut layers.
I laid it out on the board, on top of the pieces of bacon, then twist everything back and tie it with pre-prepared strips from the green part. Put the prepared onion into the mold.
In a separate bowl, mix chopped prunes, grated carrots and apples, sour cream, cream, add salt and pepper to taste.
Pour this mixture into a mold. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
Bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes. I tried it, very tasty. Highly recommend.

Onion "cups" with oyster mushrooms and rice

Before stuffing the onions with a filling of boiled rice with fried mushrooms, the onions are blanched and sorted into “cups”. Each onion "cup" is filled with rice-mushroom mixture and sent to the oven for 20 minutes. The stuffed onion is ready.

Ingredients:

onion (large) - 4 onions
rice (round grain) - 150g
carrots - 1 pc.
butter - to taste
spices - to taste
mushrooms (oyster mushrooms) - to taste
vegetable oil for frying.

Cooking method:

Large onions are peeled and boiled in water until lightly transparent.
Boil rice (I took a round one) in salted water, add a little butter.
Cut off the upper “lid” from the cooled onion and carefully pull the stem from the bottom, from the base.
We disassemble the onion into two or three cups. This is the most difficult thing, I had to tinker so that they would not tear and break apart. The main thing here is not to overcook the onion, otherwise - "It's all gone, boss!"
Next, fry finely chopped oyster mushrooms and the cores of our boiled onions (so that not a single drop of a valuable product is wasted!)
Add grated carrots and any spices you like. Mix with rice
We make onion bowls.
And in the oven for 20 minutes, 180 degrees.

Stuffed onion appetizer

Stuffed onions are prepared in many ways. In this recipe, it is suggested that the onions first be boiled a little, and then, after freeing the core, they are filled with ready-made millet porridge with meat and mushrooms and covered with strips of lard. Bake until the fat turns into greaves.

Ingredients:

onion
millet porridge with mushrooms and meat

Cooking method:

Peel the onion, boil in water for about 10 minutes. Don't digest. Cool down.
We prepare cups for stuffing in 2 ways. We remove the rod, it easily comes out when you press the pipka and disassemble it into barrels (they pop out like nesting dolls).
Or we scrape the middle, leaving 2-3 layers along the edges and the bottom. The first way is easier and more pleasant
We stuff the onions with millet porridge with mushrooms and meat.
We cover the onions with the most delicate strips of fat with pink streaks.
We put in the oven. Readiness will be determined by the transformation of fat into greaves.
international food. Onions, bacon, porridge, cracklings are enduring values.

Onion rings in batter

Ingredients:

onion - 1 pc.
egg - 1 pc.
sour cream - 1 tbsp
vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.
flour - 3-4 tbsp.
salt, red pepper - to taste
vegetable oil for frying

Cooking method:

Peel the onion, cut into rings 5-6 mm wide, put in a colander and scald with boiling water. Let the water drain.
For batter, beat an egg in a small bowl, add sour cream, butter and flour to make a dough that resembles sour cream in consistency. Season to taste with salt and red pepper.
In a heavy-bottomed pot, heat the oil well and reduce the heat. Dip each onion ring in batter and fry in oil until golden brown.
Place the finished rings on paper towels to remove excess oil. Best served hot.

Onion stuffed with liver

Ingredients:

onion - 4 pcs.
liver - 40g
pork - 40g
melted pork fat - 10g
meat juice - 75g
ground crackers - 5g
sauce - 50g
pepper, nutmeg, salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

To cook onion stuffed with liver and meat, you need ...
Select even heads of sweet onions of medium size. Cut off the tops from them and carefully, so as not to damage the bulbs, remove the middle from them.
Preparation of minced meat: turn the liver and pork through a meat grinder, salt, season with pepper and nutmeg to taste.
Chop the part of the onion removed from the onion, sauté and mix with minced meat. Fill the onions with minced meat and put them in a saucepan greased with lard.
Pour in meat juice and simmer over low heat. After that, sprinkle with ground breadcrumbs and bake in the oven.
When serving, put the onion on a dish or plate, pour over a small amount of red sauce, to which add a decoction of the poached onion. Strain the sauce beforehand.

Snack with pickled onion

Ingredients:

500 grams of meat (beef or pork);
3 heads of onions;
a bunch of cilantro, parsley or basil;
chili pepper - optional.

For marinade:

50 milliliters of boiled water;
90 milliliters of lemon juice;
two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar;
45 grams of granulated sugar;
1.5 teaspoons of salt;
4 tablespoons of refined vegetable oil;
half a teaspoon of black ground pepper and marjoram;
one teaspoon of parsley;
a quarter teaspoon of chili pepper flakes.

Cooking method:

To cook delicious meat for salad, you need to put meat (I have pork tenderloin) in a pot of boiling water, add a couple of bay leaves, a few black peppercorns, a peeled onion head and a couple of clove buds. Read more:
Cook the meat until cooked: 40-50 minutes after boiling. The most important thing is not to overcook the meat: it must remain juicy.
Cook over medium heat, with the lid closed. Salt at the end of cooking. After the meat is cooked, take it out on a plate and let it cool.
Prepare the marinade: pour lemon or lime juice into a bowl, add water, granulated sugar, salt, balsamic vinegar, vegetable oil, all spices (according to the recipe) and a little black pepper. Mix everything well until sugar and salt are completely dissolved.
Peeled onion heads are chopped on a special grater, or cut with a knife into very thin rings. Cut the meat into pieces of medium size, not very thin.
Put in a bowl in layers: onion, on it - meat, and continue in this order until the ingredients run out. The last layer should be onions.
Pour the marinade over, cover the bowl with cling film and refrigerate for at least four hours. Periodically we take out and mix: carefully so that the meat does not break.
After four hours, we take out a bowl of meat from the refrigerator and add pre-chopped greens and a little chili pepper to it.
If you do not like spicy dishes, then add a little sweet pepper: for beauty and aroma. Mix everything well - and you can serve.

Onion is a unique vegetable with a high content of vitamins and microelements, such as iron, potassium, zinc, phosphorus and iodine, which increase immunity, have a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, improve the functioning of the liver and thyroid gland, and also strengthen nails and hair. The pungent smell and taste of onions are due to essential oils with a high sulfur content, the volatile part of which has a powerful antiseptic property. Therefore, it is so important that this vegetable is present on your table as a prophylactic. Unlike other vegetables, onions are added to almost every first and second course, which gives the food a richer taste and appetizing aroma. But besides this, onions can also be used as the main ingredient. Here are some delicious onion recipes.

stuffed onion

Perhaps stuffed onions will seem somewhat unexpected and unusual to you, but it turns out very tasty.

Ingredients:onions - 4 pcs., champignons - 100 g, butter - 4 tablespoons, minced meat - 250 g, salt, ground black pepper, cream 20% - 2 tbsp. l., parsley - 1/3 bunch, vegetable broth - 125 ml.

Cooking method: Peel the onion and boil in salted water for 15 minutes. Then take it out and let the water drain. Cut off the "lids" and remove the middle with a teaspoon. Grind half of the elongated pulp. Wash the mushrooms well and cut into slices. Fry chopped onion in butter. Then add mushrooms and minced meat. Pepper and salt. Then pour in the cream and add the chopped parsley. Stuff the onion with the minced meat and place in a baking dish. Then pour the broth, cover with foil and simmer for 35 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.

Leek soup

Leek soup is a traditional French dish. The soup is very tender with an original and rich taste.

Ingredients:leeks - 2 pcs., potatoes - 3-4 pcs., fresh thyme - 4 sprigs, dry white wine - 50 ml, broth - 1 l, butter - 30 g, cream 20% - 200 ml, salt, pepper , green onion.

Cooking method: Rinse the leeks. Finely chop the white and light green part of the onion. Melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the onion in it until soft. Pour in the wine and add the thyme. When the wine has evaporated, lay out the potatoes, cut into small cubes, and pour in the broth. Take out the thyme, salt and pepper. When the soup is ready, add the warmed cream and grind everything with a blender. Pour the soup into bowls and garnish with chopped green onions.

onion flower

An original and easy-to-prepare appetizer pairs perfectly with a spicy sauce.

Ingredients:large onion - 1 pc., egg - 1 pc., milk - 1 cup, flour - 1 cup, salt - 1.5 tsp, ground red pepper - 1.5 tsp, paprika - 1 tsp l, ground black pepper - 1/2 tsp, dried oregano - 1/3 tsp, dried thyme - 1/8 tsp, cumin - 1/8 tsp, vegetable oil - 3/4 cup.

Cooking method: Whisk the egg and add milk. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, pepper, paprika, ground black pepper, marjoram, thyme, and cumin. Cut 2 cm from the top and bottom of the bulb. Remove the husk. Using a thin knife, cut a 2 cm core from the center of the onion. With a large sharp knife, cut the onion several times from top to bottom to make petals. First, make a transverse incision from top to bottom 3/4, not reaching the very bottom. Then make the same incision crosswise. Continue making cuts until you have 16. Spread the onion petals. To separate the petals better, dip the bulb in boiling water for 1 minute and then in cold water. Drain the "flower" in a colander to drain excess liquid. Then dip the onion in the milk mixture, and then carefully roll in the flour mixture. Divide the petals again and sprinkle with flour, carefully dusting each petal. Then again dip the onion into the liquid mixture, and then again into the flour mixture. Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan or deep fryer and fry the onion for 10 minutes. When the onion turns golden, remove it from the oil and let it dry on paper towels. When serving, you can put a small saucer with sauce in the center.

onion pie

This hearty, healthy and tasty cake can be served both warm and cold.

Ingredients:puff pastry - 400-500 g, onion - 3 pcs., egg - 3 pcs., egg yolk - 1 pc., sour cream - 4 tablespoons, hard cheese - 100 g, ground black pepper, vegetable oil.

Cooking method: Defrost puff pastry at room temperature. Peel the onions from the husk and cut them into half rings. Fry the onion in vegetable oil until golden brown. Season the onion with salt and pepper. For filling, mix eggs with sour cream. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and add to the egg mixture. Mix well. Roll out 2/3 of the thawed dough and lay it in a mold, forming small sides 3 cm high. Cut off the excess dough. Put the fried onion on the dough.

Then evenly distribute the egg and cheese filling. Bend the sides to the center. Cut the rest of the dough into strips and lay crosswise. Lubricate this mesh with egg yolk. Bake the onion pie in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Onion confiture with oranges

For something bright and different, make this spicy onion marmalade with oranges.

Ingredients:oranges - 500 g, Yalta onions - 250 g, sugar - 150 g, white vinegar - 90 ml, salt - 1/4 tsp, bay leaf - 1 pc., thyme - 2-3 sprigs, black pepper - 1/4 tsp

Cooking method: Peel oranges from the peel and inner films. Cut the pulp into small pieces. Finely chop the zest of one orange. Boil 250 ml of water and add the zest to it. When the water boils for 2 minutes, remove the zest and pour cold water over it. Repeat the whole process one more time. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Place the onions and oranges in a deep skillet and place over medium heat. When the contents of the pan come to a boil, lower the heat and cook for 35 minutes. Then add vinegar, salt, bay leaf, thyme, zest, salt, pepper and sugar. Stirring occasionally, cook over low heat for 45 minutes. Remove the finished confiture from the heat, remove the bay leaf, thyme and arrange in small containers. Store in the refrigerator with tightly closed lids. Serve with bread and cheese.

Bon appetit!

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