The Recycled Cook

The Recycled Cook By Adrian Sleeman Onion Jam Having been given half a dozen extremely large white onions that a friend of mine grew on his allotment I originally set out to make some onion jam with them and in the process that also turned into a classic French onion soup. I will start with the jam and do a separate blog for the soup later. Is it technically recycling when you set out to make one thing and end up making two?  Probably not but they are both great ways to use up rather a lot of onions and they both start of the same way. First of all you need to peel and thinly slice the onions into a large saucepan. If you use a M andoline , as I have done, make sure to use the guard provided or risk slicing your fingers as well as the onions. I usually start off just slicing the vegetable but see the guard long before I get anywhere near my fingers. Sweat off the onions with some cubes of unsalted butter and olive oil, I used a garlic infused oil but that is just my p