Braised Shallots with Golden Raisins

Name: Braised Shallots with Golden Raisins
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a side dish
Ingredients: 20 grams golden raisins; 1 teaspoon honey; 400 grams shallots or pickling onions; 400 grams shallots or pickling onions; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 20 grams unsalted butter; salt, to taste; 1 small dried red chilli

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

At Home with Sous Vide

By Dale Prentice

Published 2013

About

My affection for this sweet and spicy dish comes from serving it as a side to my favourite dish of pork belly and crackling. The shallots become meltingly soft; the raisins are plump, filled with the sweetness of butter and honey; and the chilli gives the dish a real bite that cuts through the decadent fattiness of pork belly.

Ingredients

400 grams shallots or pickling onions
20 grams golden raisins
1

Side dish
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Sous vide
Spicy

Method

Preheat a water bath to 83°C/182°F.

Peel the shallots or pickling onions, and wash under running cold water. Place into a vacuum pouch along with the remaining ingredients, and seal on high, removing as much air as possible.