Onion marmalade is a spread made from cooked onions, vinegar, and sugar. It can be used as a side dish, dip, or spread on meats, crackers, and bread. Recipes vary, but often include herbs, mustard, or dried fruit to add flavor.
Onion marmalade is a sweet and savory marmalade-like spread made mostly from cooked onions. It is used as a spread to put on many different types of food including meats, crackers and breads. The main ingredients usually include onions along with some sort of vinegar, to give it its tanginess, and a form of sugar to add some sweetness. There are some variations and some recipes may have additional ingredients which give the jam a slightly different flavor and make it unique to each cook who makes it.
There are many possibilities how to use onion jam. It’s spreadable, like a jam or jelly, and works well as a side dish or dip for appetizers. It can add an interesting flavor to savory meat dishes such as pulled pork or other roasted meats. Many people enjoy spreading it on crackers or slices of toast, like crostini, and sometimes cream cheese is added, lending creaminess to the combination. Onion jam can be made ahead of time and is easily stored, making it a good recipe to put in jars, which can be used as holiday gifts or for the hostess of a party.
As the name suggests, onions are the first ingredient in onion jam. In some recipes the onions are fully caramelized before the other ingredients are added, but other recipes call for them to be just lightly cooked or to be cooked at the same time as other ingredients. Regardless of cooking specifics, every recipe calls for cooked onions, spiked with vinegar and sugar. The type of vinegar used can be any variety, including apple cider, white wine, balsamic, or red wine. The sugar could be plain white sugar or brown sugar.
Once the main ingredients are in place, the rest of the flavors in the onion jam come from the personal embellishment of the cook who prepares it. Some common additions are herbs like thyme, bay leaves, or rosemary. Sometimes mustard seeds or powder are used to add an extra savory flavor to the mix. The tangy flavor of the vinegar is modified by changing the type of vinegar used or sometimes by adding wine to the jam. Another way to modify the flavor is to adjust the sweetness by adding dried fruit or berries, such as cranberries, or by using honey in addition to the sugar.
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