5. The pickled onion adds a bit of color to the plate. Raw red onions already add a pop of color with their purple hue, but when pickled, the vegetable takes on a really beautiful bright pink color.

Weinstein also loves the "instant drama" that pickled red onions add to a dish. "Introduce an acid to the red onions, and their purple color blossoms into brilliant magenta," he says. "Pickled red ...

A step away from traditional pickled onions, these lightly sweet onions or shallots are appetisingly succulent. Serve as an antipasti or hors d’oeuvres with platters of charcuterie meats and/or ...