Veggie Challenge #7: Onions

This is certainly not because I had leftover onions from the apple onion soup that I needed to get rid of. Not at all. A friend brought this to a Sunday brunch a couple weeks back and I have been dreaming of it since.  Spice up your life, people. Onions are new again! How about a sweet onion jam? Yes, please!

Sweet Onion Jam
3-4 large sweet onions
3T. butter
1/3 - 1/2c. sugar
(Can be adopted for whatever amount of onions you have)



Chop onions and add to skillet (non-stick if you have it, or stick if you are lucky enough to have someone around to clean up after your kitchen experiments). Cook on low heat for a long time.  I didn't realize how ridiculous that would sound until I just typed it. Ha. I really didn't pay attention to how long it took, but they will start to turn slightly brown. (Now that I think about it - it took the length of the first half of last weeks Pats game. I guess that only felt like forever...) At that point, add the sugar and continue to cook, letting them fully caramelize.

There is no one way to eat this that is better than another. A couple that I have tried - with a spoon, on a crostini with goat cheese, or on a water cracker alone. I am thinking about baking it on a brie as well. Will report back if I follow through on that. In the meantime though, try this! You will not be disappointed.