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Fried Onion Mums or Pom Poms




Source of Recipe


Internet


List of Ingredients




5 md To small Vadalia Onions or 2 very large Onions
4 c All-purpose Flour
5 t Baking Powder
2 T Paprika
1 t Garlic Powder
2 t Greek Seasonings
1 t Salt - or to taste
Black and/or Cayenne Pepper - to taste
3 Eggs
1 1/2 c Milk
Oil for deep frying - (6-8 cups at least)


Recipe



Cut off and discard the top half-inch of the onions. Peel them but do not cut off the root end. Place each onion, root end up, on a cutting board. With a sharp, pointed knife, make vertical cuts all around the onion about a quarter inch apart. Start the cut a quarter-inch from the root for small onions or a half- inch from the root for very large ones. Make sure the knife goes into the center of the onion.

Place all the onions in a large bowl of cold water, add ice cubes, cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight. The onions will open up like mums. Drain upside-down when ready to proceed.

In a large bowl, mix together thoroughly the flour, baking powder and spices. In another bowl, beat together the eggs and milk.

Dip the onions one by one into the egg mixture, opening the petals with your fingers; let the excess drip off, and place in flour. Work the flour mixture into the center gently with fingertips. Shake off excess flour and repeat egg dip and flouring, shaking off the excess thoroughly.

Half-fill a deep fryer or large, deep, heavy pot with oil. ( a small electric fryer will NOT do.) Heat the oil to 360F or until a small piece of dry bread turns deep gold in 15 seconds. Fry the onions without crowding them -- one at a time for large ones -- keeping them submerged with a spatula or by placing the frying basket on top of them. Plunge them in root end up and turn them over once.

To serve at once, fry large onions for about six or seven minutes, small ones for five minutes, or until deep gold. Drain upside-down on paper towels; then invert on a serving plate. Keep warm in a low oven while frying the others. Remove the centers of large onions with a very sharp knife. Small onions may be left whole or the center can be scooped out with a melon-ball cutter.

If serving the next day, fry the onions until pale gold; do not fry completely. Let cool. When ready to serve, reheat the oil to 380F and fry the onions just long enough to heat and brown, about 15 seconds. Drain and serve.

To get the same taste without making mums, simply cut onions vertically to make "petals" or crosswise and separate into rings. This can be done ahead and the petals or rings kept in ice water. Egg, flour and fry as above.

These are not only delicious but attractive, but I warn you, they are extremely filling with a sauce. I suggests not making these for a crowd. One onion would make a delicious first course or an unusual vegetable dish for four to six people. Also, one could also serve as a centerpiece/conversation piece at a cocktail party. Fill it with sauce and surround it with fried "petals" that are as easy to make as onions rings!