{"id":20926,"date":"2026-08-18T19:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=20926"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:41:22","slug":"onion-and-bay-leaf-i-wish-id-known-this-sooner-link-in-the-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=20926","title":{"rendered":"Onion and bay leaf: I wish I&#8217;d known this sooner (link in the comments)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This well-known kitchen trick uses the combination of an onion studded with a bay leaf and cloves (called oignon clout\u00e9 in classic French cuisine) to effortlessly give sauces, soups, and stews a deep, well-rounded flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s how the pro trick works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preparation: Take a peeled, halved onion, place one or two bay leaves on it, and secure them with two to three whole cloves, like thumbtacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process: Simply add the studded onion to the pot while simmering soups, broths, b\u00e9chamel sauce, red cabbage, or braised dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No more searching: After cooking, the onion is removed whole. The annoying search for individual cloves or bay leaves in the finished dish is completely eliminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why this combination is perfect: The essential oils of the bay leaf blend ideally with the sweetness of the onion and the spicy pungency of the clove during the slow cooking process. The result is a delicate, balanced flavor base, without any single spice overpowering the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This well-known kitchen trick uses the combination of an onion studded with a bay leaf and cloves (called oignon clout\u00e9 in classic French cuisine) to effortlessly give sauces, soups, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nteresting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20928,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20926\/revisions\/20928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}