I believe that if I have bread and cheese in my house, I can feed my family and if you just think of the endless list of different cheeses and breads available in this world, they can in fact eat bread and cheese every night for a very long time and never have the same meal twice!! At the moment my bread of choice is the Wild Yeast Ciabatta from our local bakery. If you are energetic enough and you want to make your own wild yeast starter, go right ahead..... So for today's Deli Sandwich I used the Ciabattas and some Goat's Cheese rolled in Sun-dried tomatoes and fresh herbs. The winning ingredient here is my......
Caramelized Onions with Red wine and Balsamic Glaze
500gr small onions - peel, but keep the bottoms in tact as this keeps the onion together during cooking.
250ml red wine
100ml balsamic vinegar
2 Tbsp sugar
80gr butter
1 star anise
pinch of salt
a sprig of thyme
Brown onions in the butter and then add all the other ingredients. Cook onions until soft, yet firm to the touch. Remove from the pot and keep reducing the red wine until thick and syrupy. Pour over the onions and cool. Keep in a glass jar in the fridge until needed for sandwiches, quiches, tarte tatin(recipe to follow) or with cold meats.
For the sandwich, simply cut the ciabatta lengthwise and butter slightly. Top with rocket, goat's cheese and then the "Piece de Resistence", the onions. Drizzle with the glaze and some pomegranate pips just before serving and voila.......the best bread and cheese meal you will ever have!!
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17 comments:
Guys!This is the most fantastic taste ever to touch my mouth. try it...you'll be so glad you did...the husband!
Hello Nina,
I just click on the badge
to nominate you...
Good luck!
For me it's more like bread, cheese and salame ;) however no need for salame with your version of bread and cheese!!!
It seems that your family really loved this dish Nina...easy to see why:D
oh i love bread and cheese. and that with onions look so so delish !
MMMMM...Nina!! This dish looks SUPERB!!! MMMMMMMMM... I love your picture too!!!
Nina, I can't get over how absolutely gorgeous your photos are. They look like they are right out of a magazine. Great recipe too.
I voted and I'm sure you are a winner but please let us know.
Sam
I could live off of this. Bread, onions and cheese - mmmmmm good.
Yes, I can leave just with bread and cheese! Of course adding caramelized onion and balsamic make me even more happier.
Cheers,
elra
My mom says it's eggs, bread, and milk..haha
Looks terrific Nina! I think here we could say Bread and Cheese and Wine, and you have a meal!
LL
Nothing can be better than bread and cheese!
Beautiful presentation and I love the onions!
Mmmm, do I recognise the wonderful Fairview goats cheese?? And WOW those onions sound good - I'm going to have to bookmark them. Stunning sandwich, Nina!
congrats nina, you made the shortlist for best blog about food for 2009! ... well done!
One can't argue with the husband's glowing endorsement! The star anise is an interesting twist too!
Looks delicious.
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