Name: Grilled mortadella with pickled onions
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 Spanish onions, roots intact, cut into wedges; 100 ml red wine vinegar; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 rosemary sprigs; 2 fresh bay leaves; 20 thin slices mortadella; To serve: baguette, thickly sliced

Grilled mortadella with pickled onions

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Grilled mortadella with pickled onions from 121BC, Surry Hills

Serves 6

Prep

10M

Cook

1H 30M

Total

1H 40M

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Ingredients

2 Spanish onions, roots intact, cut into wedges

100 ml red wine vinegar

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

2 rosemary sprigs

2 fresh bay leaves

20 thin slices mortadella

To serve: baguette, thickly sliced

Method

Main

1.Preheat oven to 180C. Combine onions, vinegar, oil and herbs in a bowl, being careful not to break up onion. Season to taste and scatter in a single layer in a roasting pan. Add 100ml water, cover with baking paper then foil, and roast, turning occasionally, until tender (1-1½ hours).

2.Meanwhile, preheat a char-grill pan over high heat. Grill mortadella in batches, turning once, until golden (1-2 minutes each side). Serve hot with roast onions and baguette slices.

This recipe is from the June 2011 issue of .
Notes

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