BEER AND HONEY BRAISED SPRING ONIONS

Sometimes I am tempted to buy spring onions, when I see them at the local market, but then, once at home, I do not know how to cook them properly and end up using them like common onions, which is surely not the best way to taste them. This time I made a little effort and gave them the dignity of a real side dish. I decided to cook them with beer and glaze them with honey, don’t ask me how it came to my mind to associate these ingredients, because I really have no clue.

Ingredients:

400 grams (14 oz) spring onions (only the bulbs)

200 ml (one cup) beer

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp extravirgin olive oil

1 pinch salt

Directions:

• Saute the onions in a pan with olive olive for two or three minutes, then add beer and let it simmer for ten minutes.

• Add a tablespoon honey and cook for another ten minutes on high heat, until the liquid is almost completely reduced. Done.

I used a special ale (Alma Gilac) that includes chestnut honey among its ingredients and therefore seemed perfect for this recipe, but you can use any beer you like, because the slight bitterness of beer, more or less intense according to the variety you are using, will balance perfectly the sweet taste of honey and of the spring onions themselves.

I would be really glad to read your comments, your opinions, your questions, your suggestions and everything you’d like to share and please pardon my English. See you soon for another recipe.

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