Everyone at least once in their lives tried caramel candy, which is obtained by heating and browning of sugar.With this process it is possible to obtain not only a sweet treat.Thanks to the natural sugar in fruits and vegetables can be caramelized most of them.
What caramelization?
The oxidation of sugar at high temperatures is called caramelization.Its crystals are destroyed when heated, the water evaporates, it becomes stringy texture and color - dark brown.Natural sugar, which is found in vegetables, with an increase in temperature is highlighted and prolonged anguish they also acquire a similar color.The most commonly used in cooking caramelized onions.This is familiar to all filling soups and borscht.
Features caramelize onions
From vegetables more often caramelizing onions.Despite the fact that it has a bitter taste, it contains natural sugars even greater than apples.
To get a truly sweet onions with a nice caramel flavor, it is best to choose for the preparation of his large head.Especially a lot of sugar in the shallots and red onions.
pan should be heavy-bottomed.Ideally, if it is made of cast iron.But the use of Teflon coating to caramelize onions should be abandoned; otherwise, the finished dish will have a bad taste.
To get caramelized onions, it takes time.You can not prepare this dish for 10 minutes, especially if the fry over high heat.The average time required for the caramelization is 30 minutes at low temperature.According to the structure of the onion is soft as in fire, but more dry and with a pronounced sweet, nutty flavor.
caramelized onions: recipe
Prepare caramelized onions is a snap.
But to achieve a good result is possible only if you stick to a particular technology.
How caramelized onions:
- to start a large onion cut into half rings is necessary.
- Preheat a frying pan a little vegetable (butter) oil.It is important to adhere to the proportions.If oil is not enough, then the bow can fire if a lot - become cloying bold.The optimum ratio: one onion need to take a tablespoon of oil.
- Sliced onions pour into the pan and mix gently with oil.
- Fry at a low temperature range, stirring occasionally wooden spatula to bow not burnt.
- minimum cooking time is 20 minutes.When the onion begins to strongly adhere to the bottom of the pan, you can pour a few tablespoons of water.
- Ready caramelized onion has a dark brown color.
Which dishes used?French onion soup
Caramelized Onion has a universal taste.Due to this it is added to vegetable and meat dishes, and is also used as a filling for pies.Generally caramelized onions - it is a mandatory component of any first serves.But often, in order to save time it is not adjusted to the desired state, causing certainly suffer taste of culinary products.
French onion soup is a deep rich taste is due to the right of caramelized onions.
How to cook it?At 2 liters of broth will need 750 grams of onion, a couple of tablespoons of butter, a clove of garlic, 150 grams of cheese, your favorite herbs and spices.Initially butter fried garlic, then add to it chopped onion half rings and vegetables continue to languish on low heat for about an hour.When the onions become very soft and will become caramel taste, it's time to fill it with broth, add salt, Provence herbs, thyme and black pepper.Serve the soup with croutons, and certainly top sprinkle with grated cheese.This is delicious!Bon Appetit!
