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Onion fondue

Onion fondue is a delicious classic of French cuisine: finely-sliced onions, cooked long and slow until they are melting and caramelized.

This can be used in many other recipes.

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Last modified on: March 25^th 2020

Keywords for this recipe:Onions Caramelized French classical Fondue

For 500 g, you will need:

0 1 kg onion
1 3 tablespoons oil
2 20 g butter
3 2 bayleaves
4 2 sprigs thyme
Total weight: 1,067 grams

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8 min.	42 min.	50 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 7 min.

Prepare 1 kg onion and slice finely.

This might look like a lot, but with the long, slow cooking, the weight will reduce by about half.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Using a pan that is not non-stick, melt together 3 tablespoons oil and 20 g butter on high heat.

Add 2 bayleaves and 2 sprigs thyme, and stir round for a few seconds.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Add the sliced onions, mix well, but do not salt.

Turn the heat down to its lowest and leave to cook gently uncovered, stirring every 5 minutes or so.

Stage 4 - 40 min.

Each time you stir, remember to scrape the bottom of the pan to mix in the cooking juices that the onions will create, so that gradually...

Stage 5

...they will take on the desired colour and consistency.

At about halfway, you can remove and discard the thyme and bayleaf.

Stage 6

Once the onions have reached this colour (I like them really well caramelized), take off the heat, salt and pepper, then check the seasoning.

Stage 7

Your onion fondue is ready for use in any recipe you like.

Remarks

You will notice how the long cooking really brings out the onions' slightly sweet flavour, so do salt quite generously at the end of cooking.

It is important not to use a non-stick pan, as a conventional metal pan helps the onions to stick and create the cooking juices. These should be scraped off the bottom frequently and mixed in.

You can use clarified butter instead of the mix of oil + butter, or just normal butter, but take care not to let it burn.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
967 Kcal or 4,049 Kj	13 gr	90 gr	62 gr
48 %	5 %	8 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
91 Kcal or 381 Kj	1 gr	8 gr	6 gr
5 %	<1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 500 g : 2.99 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mixed vegetable curry, Cajun pork with rice., Enchiladas, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Confit of carrots with bacon, ... All
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	Bayleaf: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti with mushrooms, Pork roast with herbs, Upside-down Parmentier, Duo of slow-cooked pork, Red mixed pickle, ... All

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