Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onion Pintxo Recipe - Spanish Sabores (2024)

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Are Spanish onions good for caramelizing? ›

For example, red onions are fantastic for pickling, while white onions are the best for serving raw. So, when you want to make some foolproof caramelized onions, which kind should you pick? Our recommendation is the Spanish onion. Spanish onions are a variety of yellow onion.

You can use either oil or butter to caramelize onions — but ideally, you use a combination of both! I like to use olive oil, and this cooking fat tolerates heat particularly well. Meanwhile, butter adds a distinctly rich flavor to the caramelized onions.

Adding Flavors

You can mix herbs, fruit, jam, nuts, seeds, or even balsamic vinegar right into the goat cheese.

Rich In Vitamins And Minerals:

Goat cheese contains more minerals and vitamins than cow cheese. It is especially rich in Vitamin D and Vitamin K, while also containing the same amount of vitamin A as cow cheese. Goat cheese is also high in B vitamins like thiamine, niacin and riboflavin.

Her Seasonal Fruit with Goat Cheese, Pine Nuts, and Honey is exactly the simple summer app we were hoping for. Faith LOVES the combination. Right now, peaches and nectarine slices provide the “base” for all that good stuff. Allison suggested mango, zucchini, figs.

You can caramelize any kind of onion, but yellow or Spanish onions tend to offer the most balanced-sweet-savory flavor profile and are the most versatile for different dishes. Sweet onions, such as Vidalia or Walla Walla work too, but keep in mind that their flavor will become even sweeter once caramelized.

Owing to the fact that Spanish onions are grown in low-sulfur soil, they tend to be milder and sweeter than other varieties of yellow onion. This means they're ideally suited for any recipe where you want an onion flavor, but not too much of an onion flavor (like in an omelette or a stir-fry).

Although Spanish onions have a bit of sweetness, they're not as sweet as sweet onions, which are a category all on their own. Sweet onions are flatter, softer, and have a taste unlike any other onion variety, being truly, well, sweet. Sweet onions are also certainly the favored choice to consume fresh or raw.

And, of course, it's nice if it's an onion you can use for other purposes, too. We spoke to Black Tap Craft Burgers and Beer's Corporate Chef, Stephen Parker to get his tips for making the best onion rings, and he insists that Spanish onions are the perfect choice.