This is one of the tastiest things you can make with caramelized onions. Simply roast a pile of onions and garlic until they become all brown sweet tasty. Then just puree the tasty onions with some butter, and boom, the best caramelized onion butter recipe.
I first learned about how to make this delicious butter from one of my chefs when I was at The Main Dish. I remember the first time smelling those roasted onions coming out of the oven and then my chef just pureeing them with a bunch of butter, salt and pepper. We used this recipe as a garnish on top of a top sirloin steak dinner at the restaurant.
Holy Crap!
This is definitely the best caramelized onion recipe I’ve ever used. Once you make this butter, you can use it for just about every protein as a garnish, or just do what I do….smother the meat with it and cook it on the barbecue!
Who would have thought something as simple as roasting onions could be so flavorful!
- 2 each red onions rough chopped
- 2 each white onions rough chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, sliced
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp butter, room temperature
- salt and pepper to taste
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Toss together the onions, garlic and oil and transfer to a greased baking sheet
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Roast the onions at 375 degrees for 20 minutes, or until well caramelized.
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Puree the onions in the food processor until smooth. Add in the room temperature butter and season with salt and pepper, and pulse in the food processor again. Keep in the refrigerator for up to a week.
This caramelized onion butter can be used on so many things! Here are just a few of my recipes that are craving to be covered in this sweet onion mess!
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You might consider smoking the onions, roasted garlic & olive oil. It is called allium paste from a cookbook called The Prescription Gourmet. Excellent cookbook.