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Default Onion pie - question on pie dish size
On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 16:23:42 -0800 (PST), wrote:

> On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 7:17:11 PM UTC-5, notbob wrote:
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> > Three lbs of
> > onions is a lot.
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> Yes, it was. I used three large sweet onions and it came to about 2.5 lbs. (Granted, my scale is not the best.) They just barely fit into the pie dish.
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> I never understand what they mean by cooking onions "until golden brown." They didn't. Then, maybe I should have used less than a stick of butter? Or how long IS it supposed to take for the color to change that much when frying? Do I put a lid on it?
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If you're caramelizing onions, figure on kissing the better part of an
hour good-bye. Stir often. You can use the lid when you first start
to help wilt the onions faster - but you need the lid off because
browning is due to evaporation.
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-caramelize-onions-35933
http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitch...ommon-mistakes



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