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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

264 Onion Recipes From 90 Cuisines.

The starting point of more savory dishes than any other ingredient. How you cut and cook it decides the outcome: raw and sharp in salsas and salads, softened into sweetness as the base of stews, or browned deeply for French onion soup and Balkan braises. White onions are the Mexican choice for their clean bite; yellow onions caramelize best; red onions are for eating raw.

264 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Split orange acaraje fritter filled with pale vatapa paste, okra caruru and whole dried shrimp

Brazil13 hr 50 min

Acarajé

Bahian Black-Eyed Pea Fritters

Shallow dish of sliced ripe tomatoes with paper-thin onion rings, green chilli and purple basil leaves

Uzbekistan25 min

Achichuk

Uzbek Tomato and Onion Salad

Pan of yellow ackee arils folded with flaked salt cod, sliced onion, red pepper strips and thyme

Jamaica12 hr 45 min

Ackee and Saltfish

Ackee Fruit with Salt Cod

Golden-brown akara bean fritters draining on a wire rack, one broken open to show the light interior

Nigeria3 hr 5 min

Akara

Nigerian Fried Bean Fritters

Golden-brown fried plantain slices piled on a plate with chopped onion, tomato and chilli relish

Ivory Coast35 min

Alloco

Ivorian Fried Ripe Plantain

Bowl of Nepali aloo tama curry with potato chunks, bamboo shoot strands and black-eyed peas in yellow broth

Nepal1 hr 5 min

Aloo Tama

Nepali Potato and Bamboo Shoot Curry

Bowl of creamy macaroni with potato and melted alpine cheese under dark fried onions, apple sauce beside it

Switzerland45 min

Älplermagronen

Swiss Alpine Macaroni with Potato

Bowl of thick yellow Swedish pea soup with shredded smoked pork and a blob of strong mustard

Sweden14 hr

Ärtsoppa

Swedish Yellow Pea Soup with Mustard

Thin slices of dark asado negro beef fanned in glossy near-black onion sauce beside white rice

Venezuela4 hr 10 min

Asado Negro

Caracas Beef Braised in Burnt Sugar

A hand-sized Australian meat pie with a golden puff pastry lid, broken open to show thick beef gravy filling

Australia3 hr 40 min

Aussie Meat Pie

Hand-Sized Beef Gravy Pie

Plate of bacalhau à Brás — creamy eggs with flaked salt cod and shoestring potatoes, topped with parsley and black olives

Portugal25 hr

Bacalhau à Brás

Salt Cod with Eggs and Potatoes

A jar of Burmese balachaung, rust-coloured crisp dried shrimp with fried garlic and shallots under oil

Myanmar1 hr

Balachaung

Burmese Dried Shrimp and Garlic Relish

Every recipe on this route.

All 264 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

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