What would a tartiflette be without its caramelized onions? Bland, we agree. These little condiments are essential for its delicious sweet and sour taste. And if you unfortunately miss them, your whole dish is in danger of disaster. It is therefore essential to do them well and for this, nothing could be simpler, if we follow the tip of the chef known on TikTok under the nickname Kellyscleankitchen. The cooker has a unstoppable technique to obtain perfect cooking and no longer burn them.
How to make your caramelized onions perfectly? A chef’s easy technique
Like many other things in life, patience is the secret to successful caramelized onions. It’s a preparation that needs to be pampered with great care (no pun intended). Only one slow cooking will allow you to obtain a perfect taste and visual result. Before getting to this step, you must first undress your onions. Remove the ends before cutting them in half. Slice them finely with a good kitchen knife. For the quantity, you can make as many as necessary, but the more onions you have to cut, the more tears will flow, as the chef reminds us in the video. Fortunately, the game is worth it!
Take out your largest frying pan and sprinkle it with (very) generous drizzle of olive oil. For a slightly nutty texture and taste, add a little butter. This will also prevent your onions from burning. Once the pan is hot, add your sliced onions. Brown them for a few minutes over medium-high heat then add a little fine sugar. As they begin to color, lower the power. Do this for a few minutes remembering to mix sometimes. Be careful, the more the onions start to brown, the more you will have to mix, otherwise they will burn. When they have browned well, reduce the heat to low and mix every 2 to 3 minutes. If the bottom of your pan sticks and becomes increasingly dark, pour a little water into it and scrape it off with a wooden spoon. This will allow you to recover all the juices that are so important for the taste of your onions! The whole process takes approximately 30 minutesat the end of this time, you will obtain perfectly caramelized onions.
How to avoid crying when cutting onions? 2 tips from grandmothers
Even though onions are an essential ingredient for good cooking, they are still a pain to prepare. Each time it’s the same story, after a few seconds, the eyes end up releasing torrents of tears. To remedy this, there are some tips such as that of lemon. Before using your knife to slice your onions, run the blade over a fresh lemon. The citric acid present in the citrus fruit would in fact counteract the effects of the aggressive gas from the onion which makes us cry so much. Another grandmother’s tip is to place her knife 15 minutes in the freezer before cutting the onions. The cold binds the enzyme that irritates the eyes and causes tears. All you had to do was think about it!
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