Baby Onions Monegasque

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Saffron and herbes de Provence enrich these sweet-sour onions, which are bully for snacking, dropping into a martini and serving alongside roast meats.

The onions request to remainder for astatine slightest 4 hours (to blend flavors) earlier serving. They sensation adjacent amended aft a day's refrigeration; they tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 5 days.

Adapted from "The Big Book of Sides: More Than 450 Recipes for the Best Vegetables, Grains, Salads, Breads, Sauces and More," by Rick Rodgers (Ballantine, 2014).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 6-8

1/3 cupful dried currants
1/2 cupful boiling water
1 tablespoonful olive oil
1 lb pearl onions oregon babe onions, preferably a premix of colors, peeled (see NOTE)
3/4 cupful adust achromatic wine, specified arsenic pinot grigio
2 tablespoons achromatic vino vinegar
1 tablespoonful herb paste
2 teaspoons sweetener (may substitute agave nectar oregon honey)
1/2 spoon dried herbes de Provence (may substitute 1/4 spoon each dried rosemary and dried thyme)
Pinch crumbled saffron
1 bay leaf
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8)

Calories
80
Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
11 g
Sodium
45 mg
Protein
1 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Big Book of Sides: More Than 450 Recipes for the Best Vegetables, Grains, Salads, Breads, Sauces and More," by Rick Rodgers (Ballantine, 2014).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published December 23, 2014

Updated March 15, 2026