Adding brown sugar to 'help caramelize" the onions doesn't help. You are just making sugar coated onions and adds brown color. The time it takes is breaking down the sugars in the onions which mellows the onions and to some make them sweeter, but they still are not sugar coated sweet.
People should either take the time or do something else.
recipes like this are tragic, because it was so close to being good… more sour cream or maybe cream cheese could make it great, especially if you actually do the onions low and slow instead of trying to speed up the process, but that’s a matter of taste rather than the thing that ruined it.
caramelized onions should be cooked waaaay longer than that imo, the whole point is to get them to an almost jammy texture no? i'd be upset if i bit into solid onions lol
Holy shit, this person thinks "caramelized" means you add sugar.
Just FYI, it doesnt. Onions have a ton of sugar naturally and simply heating them slowly in a dry pan will give you caramelized onions. Added sugar is not the way to make them.
This looks like an overachiever version of onion dip. The parsley is what’s throwing me through, that’s a weird choice for onion dip 😬 I can see if you like blended it for a while in the food processor or pushed it through a sieve that might help with the grainy ricotta, but it’s already a ridiculous process as it is 😅 maybe swap it with cream cheese instead of ricotta?
Ricotta is one of those foods that's not often made at home, but should always be imo (along with tortillas and hummus.) I've never met a store bought ricotta cheese that wasn't grainy :/
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Yet again, an online recipe writer does NOT know what caramelized onions are or look like
Maybe they can melt the ricotta/use a less crumbly cheese that has a similar flavor profile?
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Well softened cream cheese thats thoroughly blended might be a good substitute for the ricotta!
I hate ricotta anyway, too much makes it feel like I’m eating creamy sand
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Adding brown sugar to 'help caramelize" the onions doesn't help. You are just making sugar coated onions and adds brown color. The time it takes is breaking down the sugars in the onions which mellows the onions and to some make them sweeter, but they still are not sugar coated sweet.
People should either take the time or do something else.
I personally would skip
Mascarpone instead of ricotta would make this dip delicious and creamy
You lost me as soon as I saw onion lol
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I love how everyone in the comments immediately goes into problem solving mode and tries to fix the recipe 😂
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What a shame. I love ricotta.
these look more like fried onions than caramelised
Just use sour cream instead lol
Man, so close!
Ricotta is not good and dips lol. Otherwise it sounds like it’d be really good.
why ricotta and not cream cheese here? so weird!
Honestly just use mascarpone or put it on a piece of bread instead which better handles the texture of the ricotta
Try Alton Brown's recipe for dip, he makes a damn good one
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I bet cottage cheese would be a good substitute for the ricotta. I have been making dip with cottage cheese lately and it blends very smooth.
recipes like this are tragic, because it was so close to being good… more sour cream or maybe cream cheese could make it great, especially if you actually do the onions low and slow instead of trying to speed up the process, but that’s a matter of taste rather than the thing that ruined it.
caramelized onions should be cooked waaaay longer than that imo, the whole point is to get them to an almost jammy texture no? i'd be upset if i bit into
solidonions lolYour nails are lovely 🥺
Holy shit, this person thinks "caramelized" means you add sugar.
Just FYI, it doesnt. Onions have a ton of sugar naturally and simply heating them slowly in a dry pan will give you caramelized onions. Added sugar is not the way to make them.
I hate ricotta i think American ricotta is just sandy and gross
This looks like an overachiever version of onion dip. The parsley is what’s throwing me through, that’s a weird choice for onion dip 😬 I can see if you like blended it for a while in the food processor or pushed it through a sieve that might help with the grainy ricotta, but it’s already a ridiculous process as it is 😅 maybe swap it with cream cheese instead of ricotta?
Ricotta is one of those foods that's not often made at home, but should always be imo (along with tortillas and hummus.) I've never met a store bought ricotta cheese that wasn't grainy :/
This would be good with an egg added as a layer in a lasagna
Why would anyone bother with this level of effort when french onion soup mix in a tub of sour cream is literally the greatest dip ever??
Why did “thyme time” make me suddenly feel so safe and cozy