pearl onion
noun
: a very small usually pickled onion used especially in appetizers and as a garnish
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But the mashed potatoes and roasted mushrooms, carrots, pearl onions and bacon lardons surrounding the chicken steal the show.
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024
Examples of Christopher's eight-course tasting menu includes a seven day dry-aged Liberty duck with confit pearl onion, celery root and sherry gastrique.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2024
At Uptown Charlotte’s new French brasserie, the coq au vin is braised in a French Burgundy and served with pearl onions, bacon lardons and more.
—Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Add pearl onions, a pinch of sugar and salt to taste.
—Adriene Rathbun, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
Bitters have always seemed like a safe nonalcoholic option behind the bar; they’re found on supermarket shelves next to bottles of Day-Glo margarita mix and jars of pearl onions.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
Add pearl onions, bacon, and red wine for even richer flavor.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
The dignitaries and stars dined on shrimp, squab, wild rice, Parisian potatoes and peas with pearl onions.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
Carrots, mushrooms, red wine, tomato paste, chicken broth, pearl onions, thyme sprigs, and thyme leaves flavor cubed boneless chuck roast.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024
Examples of Christopher's eight-course tasting menu includes a seven day dry-aged Liberty duck with confit pearl onion, celery root and sherry gastrique.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2024
At Uptown Charlotte’s new French brasserie, the coq au vin is braised in a French Burgundy and served with pearl onions, bacon lardons and more.
—Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Add pearl onions, a pinch of sugar and salt to taste.
—Adriene Rathbun, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
Bitters have always seemed like a safe nonalcoholic option behind the bar; they’re found on supermarket shelves next to bottles of Day-Glo margarita mix and jars of pearl onions.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
Add pearl onions, bacon, and red wine for even richer flavor.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
The dignitaries and stars dined on shrimp, squab, wild rice, Parisian potatoes and peas with pearl onions.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
Carrots, mushrooms, red wine, tomato paste, chicken broth, pearl onions, thyme sprigs, and thyme leaves flavor cubed boneless chuck roast.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
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“Pearl onion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pearl%20onion. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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