Sweet And Sour Cipollini Onions Food

SWEET AND SOUR CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add onions and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and stir until well coated with butter. Season with salt. Cook and stir until onions are brown and caramelized, about 5 minutes. Pour in vinegar and sprinkle with sugar. Continue cooking and stirring until vinegar comes to a boil. Boil until vinegar thickens and glazes onions, about 5 minutes. Serve hot or cooled with vinegar syrup drizzled on top.

CIPOLLINI AGRO DOLCE (SWEET AND SOUR ONIONS)

Steps:

• Place onions in a single layer in a large pot.
• Add equal amounts of wine and water, enough to cover the onions.
• Add olive oil, salt, pepper, and red chili pepper if using.
• Bring to a boil, cover and boil slowly for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove cover and add sugar, vinegar, and tomato paste, stirring to combine.
• Boil down liquid, stirring often, to glaze onions with juices, until the sauce has thickened and the onions are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Remove chile before serving.

SWEET AND SOUR CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Place raisins in a bowl; cover with 1/2 cup hot water. Let stand 30 minutes or until plump. Drain.
• Trim top and root end of onions. Cook onions in boiling water 2 minutes. Drain. Cool and peel.
• Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions to pan, stirring well to coat. Stir in 3 tablespoons water, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, and black pepper.
• Cover, reduce heat, and cook 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Add raisins and pine nuts to pan. Increase heat to medium, and cook, uncovered, 10 minutes or until lightly browned and liquid almost evaporates, stirring occasionally.

SWEET AND SOUR FLOWERING RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Slice 1/4 inch off the tops and bottoms of the onions so they sit flat. Put the onions on the cutting board root-end down. Cut 3 slits in the stem side of each onion, crisscrossing to make 6 pie slices, cutting about two-thirds of the way through (do not cut all the way through).
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Drop the onions in and cook until tender on the outside, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove and cool. When the onions are cool enough to touch, gently open the onion "petals" so the onion opens up like a flower.
• In a small pot, simmer the red and white vinegars, brown sugar and 2 tablespoons water over medium heat until syrupy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• On a baking sheet fitted with parchment paper, arrange the onion flowers in a single layer with space between each. Drizzle with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast until the flowers open and the tips of the petals are lightly brown, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Plate the onions on a platter and spoon the sauce over the onion flowers. Serve.

SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add 1 each sliced Vidalia onion and red onion; cook, stirring, until soft, about 15 minutes. Add 1/4 cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, and salt and pepper to taste and heat through, 2 to 3 more minutes. Stir in 3 chopped scallions.

SWEET AND SOUR CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add onions and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and stir until well coated with butter. Season with salt. Cook and stir until onions are brown and caramelized, about 5 minutes. Pour in vinegar and sprinkle with sugar. Continue cooking and stirring until vinegar comes to a boil. Boil until vinegar thickens and glazes onions, about 5 minutes. Serve hot or cooled with vinegar syrup drizzled on top.

SWEET AND SOUR PEARL ONIONS WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan 3/4 full of water to a boil over high heat. Add the onions and cook for 30 seconds.
• Drain and place under cold running water to halt the cooking.
• Drain again.
• Using a small, sharp knife, trim off the root ends and slip off the skins.
• Do not cut the onions too deeply or they will fall apart.
• In a large, heavy frying pay over medium heat, combine the onions, stock and butter.
• Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are partially cooked, about 30 minutes.
• Uncover the pan and stir in the vinagar, sugar, salt and pepper.
• Reduce the heat to low and cook, uncovered, shaking the pan occasionaly, until the onions are very tender when pierced with a fork, about 30 minutes.
• Add a bit of warm water if needed to keep the onions moist.
• Serve warm.

SWEET-AND-SOUR CIPOLLINE ONIONS

Steps:

• Blanch onions in a large pot of boiling water 1 minute, then drain in a colander and transfer to a bowl of cold water to stop cooking. Drain and peel onions.
• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Boil, without stirring, washing down any sugar crystals on side of pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water, until syrup turns pale golden. Continue to cook caramel, gently swirling pan, until deep golden.
• Immediately remove from heat, then carefully add wine (caramel will steam vigorously and harden). Return pan to heat and simmer, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.
• Add onions, red-wine vinegar, oil, salt, peppercorns, and bay leaf and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender, about 1 hour. Transfer onions to a bowl using a slotted spoon, then boil liquid until reduced to about 1 cup, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in balsamic vinegar, then pour liquid over onions and cool to room temperature. Chill, covered, 1 to 3 days (for flavors to develop).
• Serve chilled or at room temperature.

SWEET AND SOUR PEARL ONIONS

Steps:

• In a pot, combine salt, sugar, vinegar and oil. Bring to just a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Add onions and return to a boil.
• Using a slotted spoon, pack onions into canning jars. Pour in pickling liquid to cover. Seal jars with lids and refrigerate for at least 3 days to blend flavors. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

ROSEMARY POTATOES WITH CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Slice the red potatoes until they are about the same size as the onions.
• Skin the onions. You may want to boil them for a minute and then shock them in cold water to make this easier.
• Toss onions and potatoes with olive oil in a large bowl.
• Add rosemary and Nature's Seasoning (other all-purpose seasonings can be substituted. Add salt if the seasoning does not include it).
• Roast the potatoes until they are brown and crispy.
• For crispier potatoes, chop the potatoes and onions to a smaller size.

CIPOLLINI IN AGRODOLCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add onions; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer onions until tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Drain; let cool. Peel onions.
• Heat oil with bay leaf in a large saute pan over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add thyme. Add half of onions; cook, stirring, until deep golden brown in spots, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Repeat with remaining onions. Add first batch to pan.
• Stir together vinegar, wine, sugar, and salt; add to pan. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is syrupy and glazes onions, 20 to 25 minutes. Season with pepper.