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?