Pickled Onions

[New_guy]

Gave pickled onions a crack:

2kg bag of pickling onions from market $3

Brine for 24 hours in a basic brine solution
Add to sterile jar and top with malt vinegar, bay leaves, pepper corns, cinnamon and dried chipotle chilli

Leave sit for 1 month

Ready this friday - have almost opened it twice!!

 

[sean83]

Sounds good, Be very curious to see how these turn out New Guy. Flick a message up after you taste one.

Cheers Sean

 

[professional_drunk]

I remember jars of these at fish and chip shops when I was kid. ELI5, what do you normally eat these with?

 

[wereprawn]

Fish? Cheese with a bit of bite goes well.

 

[New_guy]

I am hanging out for a few with some good bitey cheddar and an IPA or 3....

 

[New_guy]

Sounds good, Be very curious to see how these turn out New Guy. Flick a message up after you taste one.

Cheers Sean

Will do mate
Interested to see what the smokey chilli does to 'em

 

[Funk then Funk1]

Sound pretty much what I do, but I also throw in some black mustard seeds and a few cloves of garlic (you eat them just like the pickled onions) and I tend to use cider vinegar.
They come out pretty good, and like you said with some good tasty/mature cheese they go down a treat.

 

[wessmith]

Big thumbs up for the cider vinegar but another tip - bring your vinegar and spice mixture to just under a boil and then let it cool. This drives off the volatile components of the vinegar. Also try some honey in a batch.

Wes

 

[QldKev]

More ideas here

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/75052-super-easy-pickled-onion/

 

[Wolfman]

What was the brine recipe new guy?

 

[Funk then Funk1]

Ah yeah after reading QldKev's link, don't forget the sugar/honey, I just keep adding til it tastes right, normally brown sugar for me. Definatley puts a pucker on your face if you forget.

 

[QldKev]

I like it with sugar and also without. Without makes an awesome steak topper. Maple syrup / Golden syrup also is also great.

 

[New_guy]

What was the brine recipe new guy?

Just salt and water - I will check but I think 10% salt

 

[New_guy]

Now I am getting bloody hungry .....

 

[djar007]

Do they need to be picking onions. Could I use shallots?

 

[DU99]

Shallots work also.. when i do them..sprinkle some dry chillies into the jar

 

[djar007]

Ok. I have some Trinidads nearly ready to go. Might need to put a has chem sign on them

 

[New_guy]

Shallots work also.. when i do them..sprinkle some dry chillies into the jar

Stupid question - your talking proper French shallots right?
Sounds like cool idea

 

[New_guy]

Ok. I have some Trinidads nearly ready to go. Might need to put a has chem sign on them

Hey djar007

Any chance I can trade u some brews for some trinidads?
Or pickled onions or cider??

 

[ArgM]

I saw mentioned in another thread fermented onions? Haven't heard of those before, anyone here got experience with them?

 

[djar007]

Sure new guy. They will be ready in a week or so. How many you after mate.

 

[New_guy]

I saw mentioned in another thread fermented onions? Haven't heard of those before, anyone here got experience with them?

Scary on the way out......

 

[ArgM]

Haha, hmmm, not so appealing anymore!

 

[New_guy]

Sure new guy. They will be ready in a week or so. How many you after mate.

Just a few to give em a try mate!

 

[djar007]

No worries. Will pm you when they are good to go.

 

[bradsbrew]

I saw mentioned in another thread fermented onions? Haven't heard of those before, anyone here got experience with them?

Have you ever met Tidalpete? :lol: h34r:

Sorry Pete, but when opportunity knocks..............

 

[QldKev]

Have you ever met Tidalpete? :lol: h34r:

Sorry Pete, but when opportunity knocks..............

It's not that bad... if you are 100m upwind.

 

[New_guy]

Sounds good, Be very curious to see how these turn out New Guy. Flick a message up after you taste one.

Cheers Sean

Cracked them open today - crisp texture and good pickled flavour, hint of the spices and chilli
Next will add more chilli but otherwise happy with outcome

 

[Airgead]

Made a batch today.

3kg onions coated with salt and left overnight.



Rinsed



Packed into jars



The finished product - large jar is cider vinegar with chilli and spice, the other two are cider vinegar with spice but no chilli and malt vinegar (the dark one) with spice.



I'll let you know how they are in 2 months time...