Onions can be not only an additive, but also the main ingredient of the sauce. This fragrant vegetable can do a lot, you just need to cook it correctly. Onion sauces have a pronounced taste, but they are very tender, light, suitable for absolutely any dishes. Choosing a recipe?
Onion Sauce - General Cooking Principles
Onions are most often used onions, in some recipes may require shallots. To emphasize the taste, sometimes some green feathers are added before serving, it all depends on the recipe. Fresh onions are rarely used. It is usually passeed in oil, stewed in wine or in another liquid.
What is used as a basis:
• cream or sour cream;
• vegetable, mushroom, meat or fish broths;
• vegetable juices, diluted tomato.
In addition to onions, mushrooms, bacon, various fresh and pickled vegetables, cheese and eggs can be added to the sauce. Spice will give a special taste. It can be mixed seasonings, garlic, nuts, seeds, herbs and bay leaf. It all depends on the recipe, fantasy, as well as taste preferences.
Onion sauce with cream for meat, fish
In the classic version of this onion sauce used shallot. But if it is not, then take an ordinary onion, preferably white. Broth for the sauce should be used meat or fish, depending on which dish it will be served.
Ingredients
• two onions;
• 20 ml of oil;
• 150 ml of cream;
• 200 g of broth;
• 10 g flour;
• salt pepper.
Cooking
1. Cut the peeled onion into thin half rings or small straws. We put in the warmed butter or vegetable oil. Fry a little.
2. Sprinkle the onion with flour, stir quickly, continue to fry until the appearance of blush, but do not let the flour burn.
3. Add the broth, stir. Tomim sauce over low heat until onion is completely soft. The mass should thicken a little, will look like jelly. 4. Pour in cream, use any fat content. Mix well, pepper and salt.
5. We warm the onion sauce on a small fire for another two minutes to combine the tastes, the onions by this point should be very soft. Stir, turn off.
Cold onion sauce with sour cream
Option light cold sauce with sour cream and onions, which will give heat to any mayonnaise. Very fragrant, but not light fat, it can be served with chicken, meat, fish, used as a dip.
Ingredients
• 2 onions (about 150 g);
• 150 g sour cream;
• oil, some water;
• 0.5 tsp. pepper mixes;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 3 sprigs of dill and salt.
Cooking
1. Cut the onion in any pieces. The smaller, the faster it will cook, lay out in butter. First, fry on high heat to a light blush, then remove. We add 3-4 spoons of water, we soar under a cover to full softness. Remove from heat, cool.
2. Rub the steamed onions through a sieve to make a smooth mashed potatoes.
3. Combine cooked mush with sour cream.
4. We enter to them garlic, pepper and salt, stir. We bring spices to the desired taste. This sauce is very interesting in the sharp version.
5. At the end for a beautiful view, add a little chopped dill. 2-3 enough sprigs. Stir and can be used!
Red onion sauce with mushrooms
For onion sauce you can take boiled white mushrooms or champignons. Indicated the amount in the prepared form. Tomato juice is used as a base. But you can also cook the sauce in meat broth with sour cream, it will also turn out delicious.
Ingredients
• 150 g of mushrooms;
• 200 g onions;
• 15 g flour;
• 800 ml of juice;
• salt, oil and various seasonings.
Cooking
1. If the mushrooms are raw, then put them to cook, then remove from the broth, cool and cut into small pieces.
2. Dice the onions. Pour it into a saucepan with preheated oil or in a cauldron, fry until transparent.
3. Add the mushrooms to the onions, cook together, until all the excess moisture has evaporated, a ruddy color appears. 4. Add tomato juice to the flour in parts, stir well, no lumps should work, you can strain through a sieve.
5. Fill the mushrooms with onions in tomato mass, you can immediately pepper and salt.
6. Now cook the sauce over low heat until it thickens. At the end put the greens, season with laurel, at will throw a small clove of garlic.
Onion sauce in milk with cheese
This onion sauce recipe is very similar to Bechamel. Cheese use one that is well melted in the hot mass.
Ingredients
• 600 ml of milk;
• two bulbs;
• a spoonful of flour;
• two spoons of cream. oils;
• 60 grams of cheese;
• salt, pepper black or white.
Cooking
1. Tastier this sauce is obtained in butter, but you can take a vegetable product or any fat. We throw in the pan, heat up.
2. Cut the peeled onion heads in small and thin cubes, so that no large chunks are floating in sauce. Pass to transparency and softness.
3. Add wheat flour, quickly stir with a spatula.
4. Now introduce a trickle of whole milk, stir well, brew the sauce. Cooking on low heat.
5. As soon as the sauce begins to boil, throw salt and pepper. Immediately add the grated cheese.
6. We warm the milk mass to dissolve the cheese, turn it off.
Thick Onion Sauce with Bacon
This relish sauce with onions and bacon can be served with pasta, rice, but also used as an independent snack. If necessary, you can increase the amount of cream, so that the mass was more fluid.
Ingredients
• 70 g bacon;
• 180 g onions;
• 120 g sour cream;
• 60 ml of water;
• salt, spices, herbs to taste.
Cooking
1. Cut the bacon into cubes. We spread in a preheated pan. Fry the pieces to ruddy color. As soon as a lot of fat is melted, carefully remove them with a spoon with holes or a fork. We remove for a while in a bowl.
2. In the fat from the bacon put chopped onions. Fry until ready. It should be soft, slightly browned.
3. Sour cream mixed with water, you can add a little soy sauce. Pour to onion, bring to a boil. 4. It's time to return the fried bacon to the pan. Salt the sauce, pepper.
5. We warm up for a couple of minutes, turn off.
Onion sauce with cream and wine
Another recipe for creamy onion sauce. To prepare you need to use dry white wine. If there is no such amount, then you can take half, just the taste will not be very pronounced.
Ingredients
• two bulbs;
• 150 ml of wine;
• 25 ml of oil;
• 300 ml of cream 10-15%;
• pepper, salt;
• 2 tablespoons of grated cheese.
Cooking
1. Oil any. Heat it in a skillet.
2. Peel the bulbs, chop them finely, lay them out and fry until done.
3. Pour in white wine. We evaporated moisture until about half remains.
4. Add cream and spices, stir.
5. Cook the cream sauce for another three minutes to make the flavors come together.
6. Add to the density of two tablespoons of grated hard cheese, stir and remove from heat.
Onion sauce with red wine in beef broth
For this onion sauce, you will need a natural red grape wine. Of course, it is best to use a dry product, but you can take any other kind with a small strength.
Ingredients
• 2 onions;
• 20 g butter;
• 10 ml of vegetable oil;
• 1 tsp. brown sugar;
• a spoonful of flour;
• 160 ml of red wine;
• 700 ml of beef broth;
• spoon of balsamic vinegar;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Cut the onion into large half rings.
2. In a skillet, heat two kinds of oil, add onions. Cook on low heat for about ten minutes.
3. Once the onion is cooked and slightly roasted, add brown sugar, sprinkle over the entire surface evenly, add the fire, stir. Cooking for another minute.
4. Now you can pour red wine. Cook onions in it for about ten minutes. We do not allow the mass to actively boil, better to torment. Onions in the process will be soft. Pieces will disintegrate when pressed.
5. It's time to add the meat broth. Leave half of the glass, pour the rest to the bow with wine.
6. Put the salt and pepper, stir, give the mass to boil for a couple of minutes. 7. In the remaining broth we part a spoonful of flour. You can strain to surely get rid of lumps.
8. Pour the flour into the bulk, let the sauce boil, remove the saucepan from the heat.
Fast tomato paste onion sauce
This recipe will help out, if you need to urgently make a gravy for a garnish, or simply have nothing to serve pasta with.
Ingredients
• onion;
• 2 tablespoons of pasta;
• glass of water;
• a spoonful of flour;
• some oil.
Cooking
1. Peel the onions. Heat some oil in a skillet. We spread the vegetable, begin to fry.
2. Put the tomato paste in a bowl, add a few tablespoons of water, rub it in order to avoid lumps.
3. Add flour to the paste, stir until smooth. Then we throw salt and pepper, we enter the remained water. Stir well.
4. Pour the tomato dressing to the fried onions, give boil.
5. We put the fire on the very minimum, cover. Tomim red sauce with a lid for 2-3 minutes.
6. For taste we throw greens, laurel, a clove of garlic or any mixture of seasonings.
Onion Sauce - Tips and Tricks
• If onions fry in butter, it turns out much tastier. If you use vegetable oil, then the pieces do not burn. A great option is to take two kinds at the same time, tasty and convenient.
• In order not to cry while cutting a large amount of onions, you need to take cold water in your mouth and change it periodically. It also helps rinsing the board and the knife with cold water.
• The taste of onion sauce will be more pleasant if you add a little sugar in it, you can use berry or fruit syrup.
