quinn's place

easy little flavor bombs.

keep em on hand.

put em on lots of things.

pizza

that's all i have to say about that.

Simple Pickled Red Onions

Store airtight in refrigerator

Ingredients:

1 large red onion
1/2 cup white vinegar
1 TB. red wine vinegar
10 peppercorns

Instructions-

Boil about 6 cups of water.

Slice the red onion into thin rings (if you slice from top to bottom of onion instead of side to side, it'll slice into thin rings and you just need to gently separate them a bit). Put sliced onion into a strainer and place in the sink. Pour boiling water over the onions to blanch. Or "par-blanch." [??] I dunno, I read about it on the internets. Blanching just barely cooks the onion instead of putting the full-powered freshly chopped onion in the vinegar mixture.

Stir the vinegars and peppercorns (and any additional herbs or spices you'd like) in a big jar. I was just going for most basic pickled onions, here.

Move blanched onions from strainer to jar and stir or shake gently with the vinegar mixture.

Refrigerate for at least one day before using. Keep refrigerated until you've eaten them all up!

I made these earlier last week and we have used them in several meals already!

i rarely (never) post food that i made that same dayyy, but i must. i am just really jazzed about this pizza!

i took these pics on my phone btdubs. i was pretty much jumping for joy when i saw the cheese bubbling all golden in the oven.

here it is.

with the ready-to-eat trader joe's garlic and herb pizza dough. it's so good. definitely get the garlic herb and not the plain. because i said so.

in the oven, put:

tj's crust (with a little olive oil)! tomato sauce! pepperoni! mozzarella! pickled red onion! red bell peppers!

when it comes out of the oven, put:

freshly crumbled goat cheese! balsamic reduction! and arugula!

we didn't have any arugula! but if we did, we'd put it on top!

to reduce balsamic vinegar

, just bring x amount of balsamic vinegar to a boil, then let it simmer for about 20-25 minutes on low. it should thicken and the volume of the liquid will be cut pretty much in half. it'll look like a syrup.

don't put your nose too close to the pan...you'll singe all your nose hairs. seriously, open the window.