Pickled Onions in Balsamic Vinegar Marinade

[Trillipse]

Best way to make them ?

[waimarie]

Have you tasted some earlier and now trying to produce your own or, just thinking it would be worth a try? The reason I ask is I am not sure balsamic vinegar is the best type to use here. I would have thought it to be very dominating and 'OTT'. I would be interested in your comments of you have tried them already.

[Trillipse]

well...

i had the best pickled onions i ever tasted, from M&S. they were in a small jar, in a balsamic vinegar marinade.

i'm attempting to recreate the magic...

i've made a marinade with demerara sugar, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil, and soaked some peeled shallots in brine overnight. I'm going to make them now and see what happens!

[waimarie]

Me too!!!

[Trillipse]

Wahey!

We'll see what happens. At moment am having to tip them every so often to ensure even mixture and avoid separation.

But

the marinade smells GReattt!

any opinions on how long i ought to leave them in there before i try 'em?

(am chomping on the bit at present, and they only went in a few hours ago - do i have to leave the months??? the chalottes looked very receptive after their overnight brine-soak.....)

[Trillipse]

my fine people...

they're sitting there on the kitchen windowsill,

oozing their sticky loveliness at me

each hour is sixty minutes spent contemplating the moist, ripe beauty held within

wish me strength...................

[waimarie]

You both should be ashamed of yourselves putting these thoughts in to the inflamed mind of an elderly pensioner at this hour of the morning!!!!

[Trillipse]

personally, i feel very ashamed.

i prefer it like that; it's what i'm used to...