Caramelized Onions: Onion Recipes: Savory Garlic And Bourbon Onion Jam

Caramelized Onions: Onion Recipes

 

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This week I am going to be making Caramelized Onions into Onion Jam. I had to think quickly this week as to what I was going to make because this has been a very busy week for me and I had lots going on around the house. I was supposed to have a water softener installed in my house but the plumber got stuck on an all day job so I had to reschedule for next week. This cut into my personal schedule especially since it was on Monday. Monday is the day I shoot my videos and the plumber was supposed to show up at 10a.m. but got stuck. I didn't learn about this until it was almost 1p.m. in the afternoon. So part of my day was shot! I didn't even have time to go shopping this week and I was in a quandary as to what to cook this week.

So I opened up my refrigerator and started looking around and I came up with "nuthin!" Then my eye's fell upon a big 10lb bag of Vidalia onions. I know what many of you are thinking: "Why does this guy have 10lbs of Vidalia onions in his fridge?" Well! Once a year I get a 10lb bag of Vidalia onions from a local farmer right in Vidalia, California. They are the top of the crop and If I don't give some away fast then I have to think fast as to what I am going to do with them. So I started doing some onion recipe research and came upon Onion Jam. It looked really, really good! The only thing that I found was that most of the people out there Making Caramelized Onions into Onion Jam were making it too sweet for my liking.

So after doing a couple of hours of research I came up with a version of Caramelized Onions to make Onion Jam with. I am going to make a savory garlic and bourbon Onion Jam that you can put on just about anything you can think of. I did some further research and found many uses for Caramelized Onions or Onion Jam. At the end of this blog post I will have a list of uses for Onion Jam and if you my readers have a suggestion for it's use then send it to me and I will add it to the list and I will just let the list grow and grow! You will never look at Caramelized Onions the same way ever again! If you have never had Onion Jam you don't know what you are missing! Caramelized Onions reduced to a jam like consistency has many, many delicious uses.

Vidalia onions sauteed with garlic and savory herbs like rosemary and thyme and a pinch of sage reduced down to a jam like consistency and flavored with Kentucky bourbon. It's going to be a wonderful balance of flavors. Onion Jam is fantastic with vegetables or on a bagel with a cream cheese schmear!

Like many of us I become a tear monster when working with onions. I LOVE onions and even though my knife is sharp as many of you know my onions were cold and still the tears keep coming. The recipe is simple enough and it is WELL worth the effort to make for the return in flavor you get. Don't let the word Jam fool you about this recipe. The Caramelized Onions don't come out like a regular "Jam" per se. They do get broken down and reduced in size and the liquids used in the de-glazing process will aid in breaking down the cellulose of the onion. Once your Caramelized Onions are cooked down to jam you should be able to keep it in your fridge for weeks or longer because of the addition of the lemon juice and sugar.

All I know about Caramelized Onions turned to Onion Jam is that if you have a grilled cheese sandwich or a hot dog or cheese burger or even simple cheese and crackers all you have to do is put some of this Onion Jam on it and you will be in heaven! Onion Jam naturally is a gluten free food and is fantastic as a pantry essential for making quick appetizers, entrees and even sauces.  So let's see how to make Garlic and Bourbon Onion Jam! Enjoy!


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