Glazed Baby Onions
- Preparation Time10 minutes
- Cooking Time 25 minutes
- Source Simple Mediterranean
- 500 Gram baby onion
- 2 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 garlic clove
- 300 Mililitre vegetable stock
- 1 Tablespoon thyme
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1/2 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- salt
- pepper
- Boil jug of water. Put onions in a heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water, and leave to stand for 2 minutes. Drain well and allow to cool.
- Using a small knife and your fingers, peel off the skins, which should now be quite easy to slip off.
- Heat the olive oil in a large fry pan over a medium-high heat. Add the peeled onions and cook, stirring, for about 8 minutes, or until they are golden on all sides.
- Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes, stirring. Add the stock, thyme leaves, sugar and red wine vinegard, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
- Bring to the boil, then lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the onions are tender when you pierce them with the tip of a knife and the cooking liquid is reduced to a syrupy glaze.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper and balsamic vinegar. Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot or cold, garnished with fresh thyme leaves.
Instead of vegetable stock, chicken stock can be used.
These onions are a good accompaniment to any grilled or roasted meat.
I served the balsamic separately and my guests preferred without it, whereas Verne and I preferred with it.