pickled red onion and well worth the effort

[qahtan]

Red Onion Pickles
Recipe calls for 1 pound of red onions, peeled and sliced into rings. Make a brine with 3 cups white vinegar, 1½ cups of sugar, cinnamon stick, a few cloves, allspice berries and peppercorns. Add 2 bay leaves and a small dried chili, then bring it all to a boil in a 4-quart non-reactive saucepan.

The goal here is not to overcook the onions, preserving their crunch, sweetness, and delicate pink hue

Instructions at first seemed complex

Simmer the onion rings, in three separate batches (that means, one-third of the onion rings at a time), for 20 seconds each (20 seconds for each batch) in the brine. Remove onions to a baking sheet using a slotted spoon to drain them, and let cool.

Then you do it again, simmer the onions in three separate batches, for 20 seconds each. Drain them, and cool 'em.

Then you do it again...simmer the onions in three separate batches (yes, have you memorized it yet?... 20 seconds each...then drain them and let them cool.)

Finally you chill the brine thoroughly. Once chilled, add the onions and store in the refrigerator.
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[qahtan]

[Flighty]

It certainly looks good, and after all that it needs to have been well worth the effort!

[1066]

It looks delicious! The colour of it reminds me of pickled ginger, which having read up about uses Perilla for the colouring.... but it looks like the onions do all that themselves naturally  :)

[qahtan]

Yes the colour is from the red onions......

                  qahtan

[Duke Ellington]

They look really good!:)

How long can you store these pickled onions for ?

Duke

[qahtan]

 I can't say as they were gone in a short time. but I did keep them in the fridge
a couple weeks first. qahtan