A delicious quiche-like pie that costs only the price of a cup of milk, 2 eggs and a few onions to make. This is a good week-day dish as it is economical, does not require much of your attention, and you are very likely to have all the ingredients on hand
Apaz Onions are wild onions with a green stalk. The bulb has a similar taste, look and size to that of pearl onions. They are being cultivated in Oregon, USA.
Slices of carmellized onion and bacon on crispy, flaky puff pastry. Serve with a side salad.
Banana Shallots © Denzil Green Banana Shallots are longer than the ordinary round shallots. They’re supposedly named for their shape, though they’re not really banana shaped as in with a curve and all; they’re more torpedo-shaped — though presumably someone decided the term “torpedo shallots” would be off-putting. They have smooth, tan-coloured skin. Some varieties…
Boiling Onions are normal onions that are harvested when they are still young and small. They will have pretty much the characteristics of what their fully grown selves would have; but most are pretty sharp in taste, which mellows as they are slowly cooked. Some are even sharper than others. They are allowed to grow…
This is a special way of growing onions that is practised in the Valls district of Catalonia, Spain — two hours to the south-west of Barcelona. Fully grown white onion bulbs are planted in the fall, let grow for a few months, then gathered and stored. They are then replanted the next fall. They sit…
A way to zip up an ordinary loaf of white made in a bread machine.
Cocktail Onions © Denzil Green Cocktail Onions are very small, white, crunchy pickled onions. They are made from pearl onions that are peeled and pickled in white vinegar. Most are sour, but you can also get sweeter ones. You can also get them packed in a mixed solution of vermouth and vinegar. They are used…
A very tasty, inexpensive quiche.
Some baked onion recipes seem to think you have an army of sous-chefs to back you. This recipe will taste just as impressive.
The onions turn really sweet because they are cooked for so long, first in the frying pan and then again in the oven. Very nice with a salad with tomatoes in it.
Green Onion is a bit of a generic term. It can be used to describe both “Spring Onions” — the very young stalks of any onion, which can be harvested in the spring and eaten, and Green Onions proper. Green Onions proper are also known as Welsh onions, and actually are different from regular onions…
Grelot Onions grow in bunches. Their bulbs are always small, round and white, like that of Pearl Onions. In addition to the bulb being eaten, the stalk is also used as you would the stalks of chives or leeks. Grown in France, particularly Rungis. Substitutes Very small pearl onions. History Notes Believed to have originated…
How to chop an onion in 3 steps To chop an onion by hand, peel it first. Then slice it in half vertically through the root, so that each half has part of the root in it. This is the only time you cut through the root. No further cuts through the root — you…
This is a term used by people who grow onions. Onions use daylight to produce a good deal of top growth before they form bulbs (and the more top growth, the bigger the bulb.) When the day reaches the right number of hours for that variety of onion, the onion will stop forming top growth,…
Long-Day Onions is a term used by people who grow onions. It refers to onions that need a large number of daylight hours to start plumping up below ground.Onions will form a bulb when the temperature and the number of daylight hours hit the right combination for them which triggers their clock. Long-Day onions will…
Onion / tomato slicing guides are devices to help hold produce such as onions and tomatoes so that consistent, straight slices can be quickly made.
This is a very nice relish.
This isn’t a proper, preserved relish. It’s meant to be used either the day it is made, or refrigerated and used up within a few days.
Pickled Onions © Denzil Green Pickled Onions are onions that have been pickled in vinegar to preserve them. The onions used are smallish ones, as opposed to Spanish-onion size. The onions are pickled peeled, but whole. There are many different recipes and styles, even ones now that are spicy with chiles, curried, etc. You can…
The cheat in this recipe is using a ready-made pizza base. But the flavours are all homemade.
Ramps are related to wild onions and wild garlic. They look like green (spring) onions at their base, but instead of the rounded green stalks have flat, broad leaves shaped like Lily of the Valley leaves. (It is easy to distinguish them from Lily of the Valleys, however, by their strong garlicky scent.) The leafs…
Red Onions © Denzil Green Red Onions are onions with reddish-purplish skin, and similarly-coloured lines layer the white rings inside the onion. In general, Red Onions can be a bit sweeter than regular white or yellow onions, but you can’t count on this: though they are predisposed to be sweeter, how sharp they will be…
Red Spring Onions are Green Onions (aka Spring Onions) that are reddish-coloured (actually more purple.) The stalk is white at the tip of its base, turning red past that, and then green at the top. The red colour stays when cooked, and becomes somewhat brighter. They have a sweet and mild-flavored taste like green onions,…
