Spruce up your charcuterie board and add this carmalized onion and balsamic butter. This butter has a sweet flavour with a deep caramel note from the onions. Perfect to serve with bread, crackers, and other charcuterie items.
Servings: Servings
Ingredients:
- 3 Yellow or Sweet Onions, large
- 1 Tbs Butter
- 1 Tbs Olive Oil
- 1 Block Unsalted Butter (500 ml), softned
- 1 Tbs Brown Sugar*
- 1 Tbs Salt
- 2 Tbs Balsamic Glaze*
- 1 Tsp Fresh Thyme, de-stemmed
- Crostini, Fresh Bread or Crackers
Instructions:
- Chop the 3 onions into thin slices, they should look like half moon pieces.3 Yellow or Sweet Onions,
- In a pan, add 1 pad or 1 tbs of butter and melt, add 1 tbs of olive oil to melted butter. Add 1 tbs of sugar and salt.1 Tbs Butter, 1 Tbs Olive Oil, 1 Tbs Brown Sugar*, 1 Tbs Salt
- Add onions to pan and cook on medium heat for about 45 minutes until you see onions have reached a deep caramel colour.3 Yellow or Sweet Onions,
- Once onions are caramalized, pour them into a bowl and set aside to reach room temperature.
- When the onions are at room temperature and no longer hot, add softned butter to the onions.1 Block Unsalted Butter (500 ml),
- Mix together butter and onions and then add 2 tbs of balsamic glaze to butter mixture. At this point, add salt to prefrence.2 Tbs Balsamic Glaze*
- Lay our plastic wrap on a falt surface and place butter mixture on top. Roll butter into a log while pinching the edges, making it look like a long hot dog. Alternitavely, you could place butter into a nonstick or greased container of choice. Place buter in the fridge for at least 3 hours or ideally overnight.
- Once butter hasd firmed, it is ready for serving. Drizzle extra balsamic glaze on top as well as fresh thyme. Serve with crostini, fresh bread or other charcuterie items and enjoy! 🙂Crostini, Fresh Bread or Crackers, 1 Tsp Fresh Thyme,
Notes
*It can be light or dark brown sugar, it doesn't matter.
*Make sure to use Balsamic Glaze and not balsamic vinegar
