Pickled Red Onions

Pickled Red Onions
Pickled Red Onions
Vegan (when made with agave nectar or sugar) This trick will alter and augment your cooking: Pour boiling water over sliced or diced red onions, then transfer them to a solution of vinegar, sweetener, and salt. The onions will brighten into a gaudy shade of purplish-pink and will keep indefinitely, mysteriously retaining their bright color and crisp texture. rather than slice, the onions, if they are headed for one of the cold soups.) You can vary the cut of the onions—and also the amounts of sweet and salt. Use as a dramatically colorful and refreshing tiara atop dinner plates, open-faced sandwiches, salads, cheeses, grilled tofu, or fish—anything savory. I use these often as an ingredient in cold soups and saladitas. (Mince, rather than slice, the onions, if they are headed for one of the cold soups.) • Use a very sharp knife or a food processor with a thin slicing attachment to cut the onions most easily.
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  • Served Person: Makes 1 1/2 cups
Onion Side Vegetarian Vinegar Chill Vegan Fat Free Pescatarian Paleo Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large red onion (3/4 pound)
  • 3 tablespoons vinegar (cider, red or white wine, or balsamic)
  • 1-2 teaspoons agave nectar, light-colored honey, or sugar
  • Carbohydrate 19 g(6%)
  • Fat 0 g(0%)
  • Fiber 3 g(10%)
  • Protein 2 g(3%)
  • Saturated Fat 0 g(0%)
  • Sodium 297 mg(12%)
  • Calories 81

Preparation 1. Put on a kettle of water to boil. Cut the onion into very thin slices or a mince and place it in a colander in the sink. 2. In a bowl large enough to comfortably fit all the onion, combine the vinegar, sweetener, and salt and whisk until blended. 3. Pour the boiling water over the onion and shake to drain. (It's fine if a little water still clings.) 4. Add the onion to the vinegar solution and stir to coat. Let it sit for at least an hour or up to several days, covered and refrigerated, occasionally stirring and/or shaking to allow maximum exposure to the liquid. Store in a jar with a tight-fitting lid in the refrigerator. Optional Enhancements For beautiful, exotic pickled fruit, add fresh or frozen cherries, blueberries, or raspberries—or some small watermelon chunks—to the onion after the first hour of sitting time * Add any of the following to the pickle mixture: Raw broccoli stems, peeled and cut into slender matchsticks * Raw fennel, cut into thin slices * Lightly steamed carrot slices * Lightly steamed cauliflower, cut into 1-inch florets Reprinted with permission from Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation by Mollie Katzen. Copyright © 2013 by Tante Malka; photographs and illustrations © 2013 by Tante Malka. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Preparation 1. Put on a kettle of water to boil. Cut the onion into very thin slices or a mince and place it in a colander in the sink. 2. In a bowl large enough to comfortably fit all the onion, combine the vinegar, sweetener, and salt and whisk until blended. 3. Pour the boiling water over the onion and shake to drain. (It's fine if a little water still clings.) 4. Add the onion to the vinegar solution and stir to coat. Let it sit for at least an hour or up to several days, covered and refrigerated, occasionally stirring and/or shaking to allow maximum exposure to the liquid. Store in a jar with a tight-fitting lid in the refrigerator. Optional Enhancements For beautiful, exotic pickled fruit, add fresh or frozen cherries, blueberries, or raspberries—or some small watermelon chunks—to the onion after the first hour of sitting time * Add any of the following to the pickle mixture: Raw broccoli stems, peeled and cut into slender matchsticks * Raw fennel, cut into thin slices * Lightly steamed carrot slices * Lightly steamed cauliflower, cut into 1-inch florets Reprinted with permission from Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation by Mollie Katzen. Copyright © 2013 by Tante Malka; photographs and illustrations © 2013 by Tante Malka. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.