Topic · Vegetable Cookery Fundamentals
Peeling Onions
Learn to peel onions properly. Depending on how you are going to cut them, sometimes it’s important to trim the root and not to cut off to deep. thus the onion layers are holding together.
You can discard the skin for compost, sometimes Chefs will keep some and on the skins and add them to preparation like Brown Veal stock or other ones. This reinforces the flavor profile of the preparation.
Cut off the unusable portions at the top and bottom of the onion.
Peel off the skin and rinse the onion under cold water to remove any peel residue. Rinsing also reduces the amount of residue that causes your eyes to water when handling onions.
