The Wild Card Challenge: make a dessert from onions.

[Morning Glory]

The Wild card Challenge is a new addition to CookingBites. The concept is simple and non-competitive. No deadline is set. But when things peter out, a new topic is set. Its all about wild and wacky ideas and/or thinking out of the box. And who better to host the challenge than our very own @The Late Night Gourmet, who is well known here for his inventive approach to cooking. A big thanks to @The Late Night Gourmet for taking this on.

I'm looking forward to the results of this and future challenges.

The current challenge is to make a dessert from onions. Photos and ideas in this thread and recipes posted as new threads please!

Mod. Edit: first few posts have been moved to start new thread

 

[ElizabethB]

May be something for a Cook Along - onion deserts! Intriguing.

 

[detroitdad]

May be something for a Cook Along - onion deserts! Intriguing.

The first thing that pops into my head is dessert onion rings lol. I mean, I fricken love onion rings. I'm not sure how I would do it. I think if we do a cook along this will be my entry.

 

[ElizabethB]

The first thing that pops into my head is dessert onion rings

HMMM - cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, sugar.

 

[detroitdad]

HMMM - cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, sugar.

I like cinnamon if its used sparingly. I've never made onion rings before. I don't have a deep fryer. I guess I could try the panfry method.

I'm in!!!

 

[ElizabethB]

Maybe a sweet onion bread. Some type of tart or pie. OK @morning glory the ball is in your court - get us started.

 

[detroitdad]

I'll work on something this weekend

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

Onions are perfectly at home in sweet & sour Asian food, but I assume this is a challenge to make something that's unmistakably a dessert. And, I assume it should be a good dessert, and not something that would be any child's worst nightmare: onion cream birthday cake!

 

[Morning Glory]

this is a challenge to make something that's unmistakably a dessert.

That seems to be it!

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

I found a recipe that's unmistakably a dessert, and it uses onions:

This is a Caramelized Chocolate Onion Cake, and I have to admit I'm intrigued. But, I wonder if this is going to be a recipe where I say, great taste...except for the onion flavor.

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

By the way, the number 2 search result on Bing for "making a dessert with onion":

 

[flyinglentris]

The first thing that pops into my head is dessert onion rings lol. I mean, I fricken love onion rings. I'm not sure how I would do it. I think if we do a cook along this will be my entry.

I don't know about desert onion rings. Buy I do think that onion rings can be diced up and put into something greater. For a desert using onions, I would also look to pearl onions and scallions.

 

[Morning Glory]

By the way, the number 2 search result on Bing for "making a dessert with onion":

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Cool!

 

[Morning Glory]

Mine is coming up tomorrow, whether or not it works I will post the result. Tonight I've caramelised the onions. Tomorrow I do the rest. I'm toying with the idea of including pomegranate seeds, thereby killing two birds with one stone. I suppose I could always include sumac (Spice of the Month: Sumac) and go for a hat trick!

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

The first thing that pops into my head is dessert onion rings lol.

Well...here's a recipe, if you want to give it a try:

Dessert Onion Rings