Onions everywhere

[jmc_bks]

I have nearly an entire crisper drawer full of onions in my fridge. Plus a bag full of chopped onions in the freezer. Anybody have any good recipes based on onions? Other than French Onion Soup, that is.

Today's CSA pick up included: 

• onions
• fennel (need recipes for this, too)
• potatoes
• tomatoes
• squash
• kohlrabi
• green peppers
• lettuce
  

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Onion tart!

[(Anonymous)]

Caramelized onions in a tart, preferably with cherry tomatoes (cut in half and arrange in concentric circles on top) and a good amount of gruyere heese in there. Just make a basic crust, then add a buncha caramelized onions, a handful of cheese and some balsamic vinegar all stirred together, then the tomatoes on top. Yum.

I also use a lot of onions in stirfry, with tofu and either a sweet-spicy (szechuan-like) sauce or a curry sauce.

Sorry, I never have recipes.

Beth

Re: Onion tart!

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

The tart sounds pretty good...and I have many tomatoes to use up, so I'll give it a try this weekend.

[carrielofty.livejournal.com]

Did you have a good recipe for kale? I can't remember who did. I got another batch of that, plus cauliflower, potatoes, two HUGE onions, a kohlrabi the size of Ilsa's head, green peppers, cucumbers, masses of carrots, and a watermelon. Nice.

Kale recipe

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

Mmm, watermelon. I bought a Korean melon yesterday at the Asian market, and now have to figure out what to do with it.

I found this recipe at my CSA's website, and tried it out. It was pretty good, and probably would work for any greens.

ORZO,KALE AND SQUASH CASSEROLE

1 1/2 C Orzo
1 T. butter,
1 T olive oil
1/4 c chopped basil
1/2 c grated Muenster cheese
2 med. zucchini cut into 1/4 in slices
2 1/2 c mushrooms
1 bunch kale
2 cloves garlic
1 T capers

Cook orzo. Drain, add butter basil cheese and lots of fresh pepper. In a skillet, sauté zucchini and mushrooms until tender. Add garlic and chopped kale. Stir in capers. Toss over orzo, salt. Add Parmesan.

(I omitted the capers.)

Re: Kale recipe

[carrielofty.livejournal.com]

And then do you serve it up or bake it a bit? From these instructions, the kale would be raw.

This sounds like a recipe for my "I'll like it but the rest of the family would rather eat dirt" category. So that means I'll try it :)

Re: Kale recipe

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

I sauteed the kale for a bit with the zucchini and mushrooms to make sure it was done, then when I added it to the orzo, I left it on very low heat for a bit so everything could cook together.

Also, I blanched the kale first -- that isn't part of the recipe's directions, just something I read about doing -- it makes the kale less bitter that way.

You could probably bake it a bit, but you might need to add a bit of liquid to prevent it from getting dried out.

[miladyinsanity.livejournal.com]

Do you like lentils? There's a lentil porridge of sorts that involves loads of fried onions. Lebanese in origin, and I haven't made it myself, but I can dig up the recipe if you one.

You can make onion confit if you have a crockpot.

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

I'm okay with lentils, depending on what they are cooked with. I own a crockpot but don't use it much...I'm paranoid about leaving it turned on all day when I'm not home, which pretty much defeats the purpose of the thing.

[miladyinsanity.livejournal.com]

Depending on how you transliterate it, it's called m'jeddah, mujeddra or a hundred different things.

It's <a href="http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=115136#>here</a>. Look for Rebecca263's post.