Too many red onions how can I use them up?

mae

I have bought 2 bags of red onions in my shopping by mistake. I only use them on salads and sometimes roast them but what else can I do with them to use them up?
With normal onions I would make soup but can't imagine red onion soup somehow.

thanks

dianadors

I would be careful how you use them as they are supposed to have a "viagra" type effect on men!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, just use them as you would white onions - you wont notice the difference - except in the bedroom!!!

mrcow

Slice them up, fry them in olive oil. When they are cooked nicely, chuck in some sugar to caramelise them and then some balsamic vinegar. Cook it all down gently and they are lovely.

You can serve with salads, quiche, on or with breads, or pastas etc etc.

Stargazer_Lily

Use MrCow's recipe to make a tart. Roll out puff pastry til about 1cm thick, Cut into oblongs and score a border about 1-1.5cm from edge. Put Mr. Cow's onion stuff in the middle, crumble on goats cheese, glaze pastry edges, bake. Looks fancy, takes 10 mins to prepare.

Lil

annie-c

Onions freeze well. Just slice/chop them and freeze until you need them. I like them roasted with peppers and sweet potato etc, and I use them in any tomato based recipe.

mrcow

Stargazer_Lily wrote: »

Use MrCow's recipe to make a tart. Roll out puff pastry til about 1cm thick, Cut into oblongs and score a border about 1-1.5cm from edge. Put Mr. Cow's onion stuff in the middle, crumble on goats cheese, glaze pastry edges, bake. Looks fancy, takes 10 mins to prepare.

Lil

Oooo yes....it's lovely in quiche!

(I usually stick it on garlic bread.....mash down some garlic paste (like tomato puree but garlic) with butter and smear it all over a foccacia bread bung on the onions and cook for about 15 minutes.....and then chop it up for a picky shared starter).

mae

Can someone give me the link to mrcow's onion recipe please?

Also balsamic vinegar I have some but can it go off? I can't see a use by date but I've had it ages and its opened?

Thanks for all your suggestions so far :T

Stargazer_Lily

mae wrote: »

Can someone give me the link to mrcow's onion recipe please?

Ummm, it's the third post on this thread

mae wrote: »

Also balsamic vinegar I have some but can it go off? I can't see a use by date but I've had it ages and its opened?

Thanks for all your suggestions so far :T

I thought balsamic was too acidic to go off. Have a smell and if it smells OK have a taste. If it tastes OK then it probably is (I've never had food poisoning yet!)

Lil

MrsTinks

How about red onion marmelade? OH loves this instead of pickle with a ploughmans

scuzz

I say onion tart with cherry tomatoes and goats cheese or onion marmalade

mae

Stargazer_Lily wrote: »

Ummm, it's the third post on this thread



:rotfl: Derr sorry I didn't check back up the posts.. I thought it must have been some famous thread from the past...I'm starting to worry about myself I also keep forgetting things like something will pop into my mind and I will think I'll do that today then I spend the rest of the day trying to remember what it was thought popped into my mind!!!!