Scott Conants Pickled Red Onions Recipes

PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan.
• Stuff onion slices into a pint-size Mason jar. Pour some of the boiling water over the onions. Let rest for 10 seconds. Pour out water through a mesh strainer, keeping onions in the jar. Repeat twice more to cook onions slightly.
• Measure vinegar into a bowl. Stir in salt and sugar until dissolved. Add peppercorns. Pour vinegar solution over onions. Seal and shake well.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving so that the flavor develops.

ARUGULA SALAD WITH PICKLED RED ONIONS AND CHAMPAGNE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For the salad: Combine the white vinegar, sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan with 1/2 cup water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat and then add the onions. Return the liquid to a simmer, then take off the heat and let stand 15 minutes; drain.
• Put the arugula in a large salad bowl and add a few of the pickled onions and all of the cherry tomatoes; toss to combine. (Reserve the remaining pickled onions for another use.)
• For the vinaigrette: Combine the olive oil, Champagne vinegar, honey, mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a mason jar and shake vigorously until emulsified.
• Add just enough vinaigrette to lightly coat the salad and toss well. Season to taste with salt and pepper. The remaining vinaigrette can be kept refrigerated up to 1 week.

PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring 3/4 cup white vinegar, 1/4 cup orange juice, 3 tablespoons lime juice, 2 thinly sliced red onions, 1 tablespoon each sugar and kosher salt, 2 bay leaves and 1 teaspoon coriander seeds to a simmer in a saucepan. Transfer to a nonreactive bowl and let cool, stirring occasionally. Serve at room temperature or cover and refrigerate up to 4 days.

PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk together the first four ingredients until sugar and salt dissolve. Place onions and optional ingredients, if desired, into large glass jar; pour vinegar mixture over onions. Seal and let stand at least 2 hours at room temperature. Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.

PANINI WITH MORTADELLA, PICKLED RED ONION, AND AGED PROVOLONE

Steps:

• Heat a panini grill to hot or a grill pan to medium.
• Place slices of mortadella on one of the slices of ciabatta. Add onions and cheese; top with remaining slice of ciabatta.
• Brush top and bottom of the sandwich with olive oil. Place in panini grill and press until bread is crisp and brown, and cheese has melted slightly, 9 to 10 minutes. If using a grill pan, press sandwich down with a heavy pan set on top of the sandwich, cooking, turning once, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Cut sandwich in half and serve immediately.

SCOTT CONANT'S PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl with 1 cup water. Refrigerate, covered, for at least 8 hours and up to 1 week.