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Briony's Onions Three Ways
Caramelised Onion Dip (serves 8 to 10):
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp salted butter
- 2 red onions
- 50ml balsamic vinegar
- 200g cream cheese
- 200g sour cream
- Fresh chives
Method:
- Heat a large frying pan and add the butter. Dice the onions and add to the pan when the butter has melted.
- Keep on a medium to low heat and cook for 20 minutes stirring regularly. Add the balsamic vinegar and cook for a further 5 minutes until sticky.
- Mix the cream cheese and sour cream together.
- Dice the cooked onions then chop the chives and stir both through the cream cheese mixture.
Viral Onion Burger (serves 4):
Ingredients for Patties:
- 500g beef mince
- 1 red onion, diced
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp herbes de provence
- 2 slices day old white bread, blitzed into crumbs
Ingredients to serve:
- 2 large brown onion
- 1 large tomato
- Lettuce
- Sliced cheddar
- Burger sauce
Method:
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl then knead with your fingers to combine.
- Form into 4 patties.
- Fry in a hot pan with olive oil until browned and cooked through flipping regularly.
- Slice the brown onion into 4 rings. In a frying pan, with a drizzle of olive oil, cook the rings, flipping regularly until softened and browned. (Top tip, add the cheese to the onion rings whilst in the pan for a lovely melted addition!)
- Stack the patties with the onion rings, cheese, tomato, lettuce and burger sauce.
Spiced Onion Soup (serves 2):
Ingredients:
- 30g salted butter
- 4 brown onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 100ml apple cider vinegar
- 500ml vegetable stock
- 2 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- Bread for croutons (baguette or ciabatta)
Method:
- Oven on to 180C fan/200C.
- Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
- Slice the onions and add to the tray. Add the olive oil and 2 tablespoons of water then give it a mix up to cover the onions.
- Pop the garlic cloves on the tray (no need to peel) and pop in the oven for 40-45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until soft and browning.
- To make the croutons, cut up the ciabatta/baguette into chunks, place on a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil, the dried oregano and a sprinkle of salt.
- Bake for 10 minutes until browned and crunchy.
- Remove the tray from the oven and pop the garlic out of its skin. Remove the parchment paper.
- Add all the other ingredients (except the bread), stir together then blitz with a blender.
- Divide into bowls and top with the croutons.