Today I traveled to the Southwest in Martha’s American Food Cook Book and made her Beer Battered Onion Rings (page 314). However I did it with my own twist, instead of making traditional onion rings, I made fried onions that I put over a salad with avocados and cucumbers, with my own creamy lime & sriracha dressing and topped with a few fried sage leaves.
The flavor profile was sublime! The cool cucumbers mixed with the creamy avocados and the crispy onions mingled perfectly with the spicy dressing and the touch of sage was just right. Being attached to my own batter recipe, it wasn’t easy to break out of the box and try a batter using buttermilk, but I was true to Martha and did it her way and the results paid off in spades! The buttermilk added a nice tang to the flavor and the result was both light and perfectly crispy.
Just two days in and I’m already feeling closer to Martha. Like she’s standing in my kitchen, whispering in my ear “Your pantry is a mess! You really ought to embrace organization because it’s a good thing!”
