CARAMELIZED ONIONS BAKING SODA RECIPES

Steps:

• Halve both onions through root end. Using the tip of your knife, cut a V-shaped notch around root to remove it (this will ensure that all slices separate when you cut the onion).
• Place 1 onion half on your cutting board so root end is facing you, then thinly slice onion lengthwise, starting at one side and working all the way to the other (so your knife runs through the root halfway through, not starting or ending at the root end). You’re going for slices that are ¼"–?" thick.
• Repeat same slicing procedure for remaining onion halves. It’s a lot of onion! But it will cook down quite a bit, so it’s best to start with a large quantity.
• Heat 2 Tbsp. butter in a large saucepan over medium until melted and sizzling. You can use a skillet to cook the onions, but a pan with high sides will keep the onions from flipping out onto your stove. Using a pan that also has a wide base gives water room to evaporate, allowing the onions to caramelize rather than steam.
• Instead of dumping in all of the onions at once, which would fill the pot and make it hard to stir (which would then cause the ones on the bottom to cook faster), start by adding just a couple of large handfuls to the pot. Cook, stirring, until onions are soft and starting to turn translucent, 1–2 minutes. Stir in a few more handfuls of onion and repeat cooking and stirring process until you’ve added all the onions. Season with a pinch of salt.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook onions, stirring every few minutes to prevent them from sticking and coloring too much in any one place, until blonde-colored, 15–20 minutes. This is the point of doneness for French onion soup! If you feel like onions are getting too brown around the edges or they’re sticking, reduce your heat a bit.
• If you’re going for onions that are both softer and more caramelized (say for a patty melt or onion dip), keep cooking, stirring on the regular, until onions are unmistakably golden brown, another 15–20 minutes. Because most of the water has cooked off at this point, there might be some bare spots where the pot could start to burn. If this happens, stir in a splash of broth or water. The liquid will dissolve the cooked-on bits, which the onions will re-absorb.
• For extra-dark onions, the kind that make a great burger topping, cook until they start to almost blacken around the edges and go slightly crisp, another 10–15 minutes. This requires constant attention so they don’t burn. No one said caramelized onions were quick!
• Let onions cool in the saucepan, then use or transfer to an airtight container and chill. They will keep up to 1 week.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 450?F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and dust it with oat flour. 2. Put the figs in a small bowl, cover with boiling water and soak for 15 minutes. Drain and coarsely chop them. 3. Meanwhile, heat a small skillet over medium heat, then add the olive oil, onion and ? teaspoon of the salt. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until caramelized, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the caraway seeds, cook for another 30 seconds and transfer the mixture to a plate to cool. 4. In a large bowl, whisk together the buckwheat flour, oat flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, sugar, psyllium powder, baking powder, baking soda and the remaining 1 teaspoon salt. Add the chopped figs and caramelized onions and stir. 5. In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and vinegar. Pour this over the dry ingredients and, using a fork, whisk until it comes together in a lumpy dough. You want to be sure almost all the flour is incorporated, but do not overmix. It's OK if it's loose. I don't touch the dough with my hands or knead it in the bowl. 6. Invert the bowl over the prepared pan and let the dough fall onto the flour. Dust your hands with more oat flour and bring the dough together, shaping it into a circle about 7 inches wide and 2? inches thick. Top with a light dusting of flour. Make two ?-inch-deep crisscross cuts on top. 7. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 400?F and bake until golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes more. Cool the bread for 15 minutes before cutting. It's best eaten immediately, as it dries out quickly.