Slicing Onions: Does Direction Make a Difference?
A commenter on SimplyRecipes' blog on caramelizing onions said "It's nice to see that other people recognize the classic way to cut onions for caramelization" - i.e., pole to pole as opposed to rings.
Is this just a style/presentation thing, or does the direction of slicing affect the cooking or taste of a given recipe?
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4 Comments:
imop, it's a personal style. depending on what i'm making, defines the size i cut. for regular caramelizing i mostly cut top to bottom. sometimes i cut a thick round and caramelize that way. it tastes the same to me.
dearrie at 12:03PM on 01/23/09
Pole to pole is standard for carmelized onions. Cutting rings would make the onions less uniform, and imho, is a more difficult cut.
sailordave at 9:31PM on 01/23/09
Definitely makes a difference. Your ultimate purpose for the onions would dictate which cut you use.
therealchiffonade at 7:55AM on 01/24/09
After much google searching I found this answer from an article the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Cook's Illustrated.
Also a nice video demonstration of slicing an onion into half-rings.
overw8 at 8:45AM on 01/24/09