red onion marmalade

[SarahJane]

today I made some red onion marmalade (recipe on its way if anyone fancys doing it, its dead easy and I am quite happy with the end result.

1/2 cup unsalted butter (I used regular and it was just fine)
2 pounds onions, peeled and halved lengthwise, and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons dry sherry
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup rich red wine
1/4 cup mild honey
1/2 cup chopped dried pitted prunes
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. When it foams, add the onions and stir until they are thoroughly coated with butter. Sprinkle them with the salt and pepper, reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring occasionally, until they have turned golden, about 20 minutes.

Add the remaining ingredients and cook, uncovered, until the mixture is quite thick and very dark, about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Stir the mixture occasionally, and watch it to be sure it doesn't burn. Season to taste, remove from the heat, and cool to room temperature. Either serve immediately or cover and refrigerate. Onion marmalade keeps well for an indefinite amount of time in the refrigerator. Makes 2 pints.

[Jack]

Gidday

Now that sounds really interesting and I would love to copy it into my recipe folder. Unfortunately I can't copy anything on this site.

[Martin]

highlight the text you want - right click - "copy" - "paste" into Wordpad or similar - recipe saved!

[Shirley]

Another great recipe! I've got a heap of red onions in at the moment... will it work ok with cider vinegar as that's what I've got?

[mrsflibble]

another vinegar question: I have about 1.5 gallons of white vinegar (mum has a cash and carry card; i use vinegar for cleaning and fluffing towels in the washer) anyway, would it work with white vinegar?

[SarahJane]

Hi Shirlz and mrsflibble.
I have made a couple of different onion marmalades before, both recipes called for red wine vinegar, but on one occasion i hadnt got any so used sherry vinegar.
I am sure it would taste fine using a different type of vinegar, just different, why not try halving the quantities, and just making a little?

[Jack]

Gidday

No Martin, this is the only site that I cannot even highlight anything so that there is no way I can copy anything.

[Millymollymandy]

That's odd! Would you like me to email you a copy of anything you want a copy of Jack? PM me!

[Jack]

Gidday

Yes please Milly. That would be really appreciated.

Can it be done from this site or do I need to pm you with the address?

[Millymollymandy]

It would probably be easier to email you than do it in the tiny screen of a PM, plus if you have a problem copying and pasting from this site you may have the same problem within a PM.

So if you PM me your email address and tell me what you want copying, I'll email it to you.