Young Onion Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Peel the button onions and soak them in water until ready to cook.
Place the onions in a stew pan with 1 quart of cold water.
Boil the onions until tender, which will take 30 to 60 minutes depending on their size and age.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Button onions
- Softens and turns mellow and sweet as it cooks, giving the sauce its main flavor and body.
The step that matters
Boiling until tender. Onion size and age change how long they take, and undercooked onions stay firm and sharp. Cooking until they are fully tender lets their harsh sulfur notes mellow and their starches soften.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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