Pickled onions

Pickled onions

Preserved shallots in malt vinegar make a classic condiment that will never get old. Beautiful with cheese and cold meats

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Recipe by Sarah Cook

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

MAKES 2 large jars

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 5 mins

plus overnight soaking

Method

  1. Place the onions in a large heatproof bowl and pour over boiling water to cover. Leave to cool. Once cool, trim roots and tops and peel. Sprinkle the salt over the peeled onions, stir and leave overnight.
  2. Next day rinse the onions well and dry with kitchen towel. Place the vinegar and honey into a large pan and gently heat just to dissolve the honey into the vinegar, but do not boil.
  3. Pack the onions into clean, sterilized jars. Pour over the hot vinegar mixture to fill the jars, and check there are no air pockets. Seal the jars and leave to cool. The onions will be ready to eat after about 1 month or better if kept for 2. Once opened store in the fridge.

PER SERVING

37 kcalories, protein 0.5g, carbohydrate 8g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0.3g, sugar 8g, salt 0.3 g

Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, December 2011.

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  • 13 May 2012

    Catherine commented on this recipe

    How big are the two large jars?

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  • 17 November 2012

    cotter commented on this recipe

    Very easy to make however,I doubled up on the quantity to put in hampers as Christmas presents. I only managed to get 3 and 1/2 small jam jars out of the doubled up quantity, and had loads of pickling juice left over. Such a waste,however they say "The proof of the pudding is in the eating". I'll will let you all know how good they are in a month or two :-)

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  • 27 November 2012

    cblizzard19 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Seems simple enough! Can't comment on taste just yet though ;)

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  • 15 May 2013

    kerse commented on this recipe

    I thought they looked more like small onions then shallots, but then I read the text and it changes between the two. I like the idea of adding honey as we used to pickle onions when I was a kid (92 now). Why put a pickle in the fridge? That's the point of pickling - to preserve things.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

MAKES 2 large jars

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 5 mins

plus overnight soaking

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PER SERVING

37 kcalories, protein 0.5g, carbohydrate 8g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0.3g, sugar 8g, salt 0.3 g

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