Best Onions Soubise Recipes

SOUBISE (BRAISED RICE AND ONIONS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Drop the rice into 4 quarts of boiling salted water and boil for 5 minutes exactly. Drain immediately.
• Add the 4 Tbsp of butter to a 3-quart, fireproof casserole and place in the oven.
• When the butter is foaming in the casserole, stir in the onions. As soon as they are well coated with butter, stir in the rice and seasonings.
• Cover and cook very slowly in the 300°F oven for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. The rice and onions should become very tender and will usually turn a light golden yellow.
• Correct seasoning.
• Just before serving, stir in the cream and cheese, and then the butter. Taste again for seasoning. Turn into a hot vegetable dish and sprinkle with parsley.

ONIONS SOUBISE RECIPE

Steps:

• Peel onions and slice very thinly. Be sure to remove all dry, papery layers. Blanch in boiling, lightly salted, water to cover for 8 or 9 minutes. Drain off water but reserve about 1/2 cup. Melt 3 Tbs. butter in a heavy saucepan or casserole. Add blanched onions and turn through butter with a wooded spoon. Cover andsimmer very slowly over low heat for about 20 minutes or until onions are almost completely soft and melted. Do not let them brown. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. While onions are cooking, parboil rice for 15 minutes in well-salted boiling water. Drain thoroughly. Add rice to onions after they have cooked for 20 minutes. add a little more butter if mixture seems dry. Cover and continue simmering for another 10 or 15 minutes,stirring frequently. If mixture seems very dry add one or two Tbs. of the reserved onion water. When rice and onions are completely soft, and mashable, puree through a seive or in a food processor. Return puree to pot and stir in two or three Tbs. heavy sweet cream. Heat thoroughly, stir to combine, adjust seasonings and stir in parsley.