Ingredients

Shallot Tarte Tatin
  • 6 shallots, peeled and halved
  • 200g caster sugar
  • water, to cover
  • 100ml red wine vinegar
  • 15g butter
  • 100g puff pastry
Beer Braised Onions
  • 4 roscoff onions
  • 25g butter
  • 15ml vegetable oil
  • salt and pepper
  • 400ml bitter
Silverskin Onions
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 100g silverskin onions
  • 50ml beef stock
  • Few sprigs of thyme
  • Splash of vinegar
  • Knob of butter

Method

Shallot Tarte Tatin

  1. Cook the shallots in the sugar, water and vinegar until soft, then
  2. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
  3. Melt the sugar to a caramel, then add the butter and sit the shallots flat side down to coat.
  4. Spoon into 2 dishes, cover with pastry, tuck the edges in, and bake for 20 minutes. Carefully turn out onto a plate.

 

Beer Braised Onions

  1. Pop the onions into a pan, cover in bitter, bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 mins.
  2. Cut in half then fry in vegetable oil in a really hot pan, until charred.
  3. Pull apart to make petals.

Silverskin Onions

  1. Heat the sugar to a caramel.
  2. Add all the rest of the ingredients, coat in sugar and cook for 2-3 min

Ingredients

Shallot Tarte Tatin
  • 6 shallots, peeled and halved
  • 200g caster sugar
  • water, to cover
  • 100ml red wine vinegar
  • 15g butter
  • 100g puff pastry
Beer Braised Onions
  • 4 roscoff onions
  • 25g butter
  • 15ml vegetable oil
  • salt and pepper
  • 400ml bitter
Silverskin Onions
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 100g silverskin onions
  • 50ml beef stock
  • Few sprigs of thyme
  • Splash of vinegar
  • Knob of butter

Method

Shallot Tarte Tatin

  1. Cook the shallots in the sugar, water and vinegar until soft, then
  2. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
  3. Melt the sugar to a caramel, then add the butter and sit the shallots flat side down to coat.
  4. Spoon into 2 dishes, cover with pastry, tuck the edges in, and bake for 20 minutes. Carefully turn out onto a plate.

 

Beer Braised Onions

  1. Pop the onions into a pan, cover in bitter, bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 mins.
  2. Cut in half then fry in vegetable oil in a really hot pan, until charred.
  3. Pull apart to make petals.

Silverskin Onions

  1. Heat the sugar to a caramel.
  2. Add all the rest of the ingredients, coat in sugar and cook for 2-3 min