Roasted Cipollini Onions With Sherry Vinegar Recipes

ROASTED CIPOLLINI ONIONS WITH SHERRY VINEGAR

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the cipollini until just tender, about 3 minutes. Drain and cool under cold running water. Trim and peel the onions and pat dry. 2. Transfer the onions to a large ovenproof skillet and stir in the olive oil, thyme leaves, and sugar and 1/4 cup of the sherry vinegar. Bring to a simmer over moderate heat. Cover the skillet with foil and roast the onions in the upper third of the oven for about 20 minutes, unitl soft. Remove the foil and roast the onions for about 10 minutes, basting a few times with the juices, until lightly glazed. 3. Transfer the skillet to the stove. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of sherry vinegar and stir over moderate heat until the onions are richly glazed, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and plenty of pepper and serve. MAKE AHEAD: The glazed onions can be refrigerated overnight. Reheat gently.

ROASTED CIPOLLINI ONIONS WITH SHERRY VINEGAR

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the cipollini until just tender, about 3 minutes. Drain and cool under cold running water. Trim and peel the onions and pat dry.
• Transfer the onions to a large ovenproof skillet and stir in the olive oil, thyme leaves, sugar, and 1/4 cup of the sherry vinegar. Bring to a simmer over moderate heat. Cover the skillet with foil and roast the onions in the upper third of the oven for about 20 minutes, until soft. Remove the foil and roast the onions for about 10 minutes, basting a few times with the juices, until lightly glazed.
• Transfer the skillet to the stove. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of sherry vinegar and stir over moderate heat until the onions are richly glazed, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and plenty of pepper and serve.

ROASTED CARROTS AND CIPPOLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• On a sheet tray, toss onions and carrots with oil, butter, wine, and stock. Season with salt and pepper. Roast until golden and caramelized, about 25 to 30 minutes. Toss in a shallow serving bowl and garnish with parsley.

CIPOLLINI ONIONS BRAISED IN RED WINE

Steps:

• In a large straight-sided saute pan over medium-high heat, melt butter and add onions. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Saute until nicely browned then add the wine and vinegar. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer until onions are completely cooked through and tender, about 15 minutes. Remove lid, turn heat up and let the liquid reduce and thicken until it forms a glaze and coats the onions well.

SWEET AND SOUR CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add onions and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and stir until well coated with butter. Season with salt. Cook and stir until onions are brown and caramelized, about 5 minutes. Pour in vinegar and sprinkle with sugar. Continue cooking and stirring until vinegar comes to a boil. Boil until vinegar thickens and glazes onions, about 5 minutes. Serve hot or cooled with vinegar syrup drizzled on top.

GRILLED CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Fill a shallow dish with water; soak wooden skewers in water for 30 minutes.
• Place onions, basil, oil, and salt in a bowl; toss to coat onions. Refrigerate until flavors blend, 30 to 60 minutes.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Thread onions onto prepared skewers, weaving basil between onions.
• Cook onions on the preheated grill, turning once, until sweet and tender, about 10 minutes.

ROSEMARY POTATOES WITH CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Slice the red potatoes until they are about the same size as the onions.
• Skin the onions. You may want to boil them for a minute and then shock them in cold water to make this easier.
• Toss onions and potatoes with olive oil in a large bowl.
• Add rosemary and Nature's Seasoning (other all-purpose seasonings can be substituted. Add salt if the seasoning does not include it).
• Roast the potatoes until they are brown and crispy.
• For crispier potatoes, chop the potatoes and onions to a smaller size.

PICKLED CIPOLLINI ONIONS IN SHERRY

Steps:

• Combine 1 1/2 cups water, salt, and onions in a bowl. Cover mixture and refrigerate overnight.
• Combine 1/2 cup water, sherry vinegar, malt vinegar, cream sherry, brown sugar, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, peppercorns, and red chile in a nonaluminum saucepan, and bring mixture to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Remove mixture from heat, and let stand 1 hour.
• Drain onions. Rinse onions and pat them dry. Add onions to the vinegar mixture, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, and simmer mixture for 3 minutes. Place onions, bay leaves, and rosemary in hot jars; cover onion mixture with hot vinegar mixture, leaving 1/4-inch head space.
• Cover jars with metal lids, and screw on the bands. Cool completely. Refrigerate onions at least 1 month before serving.

BALSAMIC-GLAZED CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Heat olive oil in a medium ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add onions, stem side down, and cook, until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn and continue browning on opposite side, about 2 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add vinegar and sugar; cook, until slightly syrupy, about 2 minutes. Add chicken broth, thyme, and garlic; bring to a boil. Transfer skillet to oven and roast until onions are easily pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, 15 to 20 minutes.

HERB ROASTED CIPOLLINI ONIONS WITH PORCINI MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place onions in a large bowl, cover them with boiling water, and let stand for 10 minutes. Drain onions in a colander. When cool enough to handle, peel onions, and transfer them to another bowl.
• Add butter, fresh thyme, 2 teaspoons rosemary, and dried thyme to onions, and toss well. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer onions to a large, shallow roasting pan, and arrange in a single layer. Roast onions, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften and turn brown, about 1 hour. Remove from oven.
• Meanwhile, soak mushrooms in 2 1/2 cups very hot water for 30 minutes. Lift mushrooms out of soaking liquid with a slotted spoon, and strain mushroom liquid through a sieve lined with several layers of cheesecloth (to remove grit from liquid). Chop strained mushrooms coarsely. Add strained liquid and chopped mushrooms to roasting pan with onions, and stir to combine.
• Return pan to oven, and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by three-quarters and onions are soft and brown, about 1 hour. Adjust seasoning; just before serving, sprinkle with remaining teaspoon rosemary.