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Baked Giarratana Onions

Baked Giarratana Onions are a quick, easy and very tasty recipe, an ideal side dish for meat or a tempting appetizer with drinks.
Recipe Baked Giarratana Onions
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 20 minutes
  • Cooking 3 hours
  • Servings for 6-8 people

Baked Giarratana Onions are a very simple dish, ready to go in the oven in a few minutes. Using the Giarratana Onion variety, typical of the Ragusa area in Sicily and especially sweet and juicy, this recipe stews the onions in the oven with a long, slow cook that makes them tender and flavorful, thanks to the addition of salt, pepper, oregano and apple cider vinegar.

An Onion-Based Recipe baked in the oven that gives you a flavorful side dish that brings out the taste of meat, or a perfect topping for a nice slice of toasted bread to serve with drinks. What’s more, Baked Giarratana Onions are wonderful eaten at room temperature, so our advice is to make plenty well ahead of time, so you avoid the pungent smell of onion when your guests arrive.

If you’d like to try other tasty Onion Recipes, we recommend Sweet and Sour Onions, Onion Savory Pie, Onion Rings, Stuffed Onions and the tasty Caramelized Tropea Onions. Plus, if you’re looking for tips on how to Cut and Peel Onions Without Crying, take a look at our guide: you’ll find lots of handy tricks.

Now let’s tie on our aprons and gather the ingredients: today we’re making tasty, flavorful Baked Giarratana Onions together!

Ingredients for 6-8 people

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Method

  1. To make the Baked Giarratana Onions, first peel the onions, wash them and cut them into quarters. Rinse them again, then remove the tougher central base and cut them into slices that aren’t too thin.
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  2. Put the onions in a large baking pan and season them with salt, pepper, oregano, extra virgin olive oil and apple cider vinegar. Mix well, taking care to separate the onion layers from one another.
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  3. Bake the onions at 180 °C (350 °F) for about 2-3 hours, turning them every so often. Once they are ready and soft, take the Baked Giarratana Onions out of the oven and let them cool before serving. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!
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Variations and Alternatives

If you like, you can leave out the oregano or replace it with other herbs such as thyme, marjoram or sage. The apple cider vinegar can also easily be replaced with white wine vinegar or rice vinegar, which has a milder flavor.

Tips

If you have leftover raw Giarratana onions, store them in paper bags, which will absorb some of their high moisture. If instead you want to save energy, stew the onions in a skillet over low heat, following the same steps and the same cooking time.

Storage

Baked Giarratana Onions keep in the fridge, in an airtight container, for a few days, so make plenty!

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