Baked onions are a great side dish and go well with meat, fish or poultry. The onion prepared in this way has a soft and delicate taste and retains useful substances that disappear during heat treatment.
It is necessary
- To make baked onions:
- - onions - 5-6 pcs.;
- - 5-6 st. l. olive oil;
- - salt (to taste);
- - spices (to taste);
- - baking dish;
- - oven.
- To prepare baked onions with cheese:
- - onions - 2 pcs.;
- - 100 g of cheese;
- - 30 ml of olive oil;
- - ground pepper (to taste);
- - salt (to taste);
- - grater;
- - baking dish;
- - oven.
Instructions
Step 1
Peel the onions, chop the large onions in half or into 4 parts, the small ones can be left untouched. Grease a baking tray with olive oil and spread the onions. Pour olive oil or some other over the cut wedges, but it is the olive oil that gives the onion its special taste and aroma. Water so that the whole onion is covered with oil. Add salt and spices to your taste, mix well.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 200 ° C, place the dish with onions and bake until cooked for about 40 minutes. In the process of cooking, the dish must be turned over a little. The fact that the onion is completely ready, you can tell by the fact that it will acquire a golden brown color. Remove the form from the oven and leave to cool. You can serve baked onions right in the form in which you cooked them. Baked onions will acquire a sweet and delicate taste and will please not only children, but also adults.
Step 3
A delicious dish will be baked onions with cheese, which can be prepared according to the following recipe. Peel the onion, cut into 6 equal pieces. Preheat the oven to 280 ° C, cover the baking sheet with baking paper and carefully place the onions and bake for 25 minutes. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
Step 4
After 25 minutes, remove the onion from the oven, put it in a fireproof dish and add the cheese on top, then put it back on and bake until the cheese is completely melted and covers the dish with a crust. Then sprinkle with pepper to taste and season with salt and olive oil. This dish can be served as a stand-alone dish, as a delicious side dish or as a savory and aromatic snack. The sweet taste of onions combined with cheese will perfectly complement any dish.
Step 5
Even if you do not like onions because of their bitter taste, then onions baked according to the proposed recipes will please you with their sweetish taste and aroma. The baking time is about 30 minutes.
Step 6
The onion prepared by the baking method retains all its useful substances and is able to lower the level of sugar and cholesterol in the blood, therefore people with diabetes mellitus, vascular atherosclerosis or hypertension should include such a dish in their diet. Baked onions are useful for various female inflammatory diseases. Baked onions contain potassium, zinc, iron, cobalt, which is essential for blood formation, as well as mineral salts and a large amount of vitamins.
