Caramelized Onions with Sweet-Sour Reduction
Whip up this scrumptious Agrodolce-style onions recipe, featuring cipollini onions and a smoky bacon twist. A delightful side dish for your next roast, or toss the leftovers into a salad for a warm bacon vinaigrette-like experience!
What You'll Need:
- Cipollini onions, small, flat red or yellow onions, readily available from late fall through winter.
Prep Work:
- Chill the bacon for easier cutting by stashing it in the freezer for 20-25 minutes until it firms up.
This recipe was showcased as part of our cold-weather Cooking with Winter Ingredients extravaganza.
- Servings: 3-4
- Difficulty: A breeze
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Active Time: 40 minutes
Recipe (8 ingredients)
- 2.5 pounds cipollini onions, peeled
- 2.5 oz thick-sliced smoked bacon, diced (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 6 tbsp red wine
- 6 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup golden raisins (sultanas)
- 1 bay leaf
Directions
- Pop your oven to 450°F and slide a rack into the middle. Combine onions, bacon, and oil in a 13x9-inch baking dish. Coat onions in oil, season with salt and pepper, then roast for 30 minutes.
- While the onions are roasting, cook the remaining ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Dissolve the sugar, then reduce the liquid by half until thickened. This will take about 20 minutes.
- Test the onions for doneness. If they're golden and tender, remove from the oven. Carefully pour the sauce over the onions, and reduce the oven temperature to 400°F.
- Once the sauce is syrupy, return the baking dish to the oven and continue roasting until fork-tender, about 8 minutes more. Serve hot or warm.
Enlightening Insights on the Recipe:
This delectable dish melds the flavors of Agrodolce -- a traditional Italian sweet-and-sour sauce -- with cipollini onions, bacon, and red wine vinegar. Are you ready to elevate your cooking game with a mouthwatering recipe that brings an elegant twist to winter ingredients? Give it a try and wow your friends and family!
This Agrodolce-style onions recipe, featuring cipollini onions and a smoky bacon twist, is uncategorized but perfect for a cold winter's day. It showcases the flavors of Agrodolce, a traditional Italian sweet-and-sour sauce, combined with cipollini onions, bacon, and red wine vinegar. The recipe requires 8 ingredients, is A breeze in difficulty, and takes 40 minutes from start to finish. Nutrition-wise, it includes 2.5 pounds of cipollini onions, 2.5 oz of smoked bacon, olive oil, red wine, red wine vinegar, sugar, golden raisins, and a bay leaf. To prepare, chill the bacon for easier cutting, peel the cipollini onions, and follow the provided directions for a teaser of sweet, smoky, and tangy goodness, served hot or warm.
