Shirli's Onion Salad

Ingredients

• 1.1 kilogram pickling onions, peeled; 2 lbs
• 2.90 gram sultanas, 3 oz
• 3.375 millilitre sugar, 1½ cups
• 4.60 millilitre water, ¼ cup
• 5.60 millilitre white vinegar, ¼ cup
• 6.25 millilitre tomato puree, 1½ tablespoons
• 7.25 millilitre salad oil, 1½ tablespoons
• 8.2 millilitre cayenne pepper, ½ teaspoon

Method

1. 1.Peel the onions.
2. 2.Put remaining ingredients (sugar, water, vinegar, tomato puree, oil, cayenne) into a pot and bring to the boil.
3. 3.Add the onions, reduce to simmer and cook for 10–15 minutes — NO LONGER.
4. 4.Bottle and refrigerate when cool.

Notes

• Card emphasis: 'NO LONGER' — overcooking the onions will make them too soft.
• A sweet-and-sour pickled onion relish. Good alongside cold meats.