Maple Roch Caramel Onions Recipes

MAPLE-CARAMELIZED ONION QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 °C (400 °F).
• Cut the onion lengthwise in half and thinly slice following the grain.
• Cut bacon into small dice. Heat butter in a frying pan and sauté bacon.
• Add onions, salt, and pepper and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. When onions are slightly colored, add maple syrup and sauté, turning off the heat when onions become caramelized. Let cool.
• Mix eggs, milk, and fresh cream in a bowl and add salt and pepper, to taste.
• Roll out the pastry sheet until it is about 3 mm (1/8 in) thick, spread in the pie plate, cut off excess pie dough, and prick vent holes all over the bottom of the sheet with a fork.
• Place the sauté into the pie plate, and pour the sauce over the mixture. Top with Parmigiano Reggiano.
• Bake in a 200 °C (400 °F) oven for 20 minutes first, then bake at 160 °C (325 °F) for 5 minutes. The quiche is done when the top is browned.
• Cut into easy-to-eat slices and plate.

MAPLE CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat.
• Add the onions and water and cook until completely tender and caramelized and golden, about 40-50 minutes, adding more water as needed.
• Stir in the maple syrup and vinegar and cook until most of the liquid is gone, about 2-3 minutes.

R-RATED ONIONS

Steps:

• Peel your onions and cut them in half through their stem ends-longways, if you will. Slice them thinly with the grain, following the line from root to stem rather than cutting the onion across its belly. This is actually important because slicing it the other way makes the path to silky onions a longer one.
• Once your onions are sliced, heat your skillet over medium-high heat and add the oil, then the onions and the salt. Let the onions sizzle for a couple minutes. Stir with a wooden spoon or a heatproof spatula and watch as they wilt for about 3 more minutes. At this point, reduce the heat to medium low. Put a lid on and step away for a few minutes. Give the onions a stir every now and then. You don't have to stand over it like risotto, but don't go for a walk around the block either. Caramelized bits will accumulate at the bottom and sides of the pan, and that's good. Just scrape them up and stir them in. A little color building as you go is okay, but don't rush to brown them. The point is to cook the onions gently, coaxing them through stages of raw, wilted, sweaty, soft, light brown, and finally deeply caramelized
• About 45 minutes in, remove the lid for the last time. They should be a light caramel color. Now, with the lid off, you will need to watch more closely and stir more frequently. At some point you may find that despite your best efforts some of the caramelized bits, verging on burnt, cling to the pan and threaten over all onion ruin. Do not fret! Just add a ½ cup or so of water and use its energy to help scrape up the stubborn but tasty film. Let the water cook out of course. When you're smiling over a soft, creamy, fragrant pile of mahogany onions, you're done.
• Note: R-Rated Onions will keep in the fridge for a week and in the freezer for 3 months.