How to peel an onion for use straight away (10-20 seconds)

1.Cut the top off the onion (not the root)

The top of the onion is the stringly top bits of skin, slice about 2-3cm down from here until you can remove it like a little hat.

2.Cut the onion in half

Put the onion flat side down and cut in half directly through the root.

3.Remove the skin (peel)

Start in the corners and peel away down to the root, it should come away easily enough but the skins can stick sometimes. Either use a knife blade to get under it or if it’s being really stubborn just remove the next layer of onion.

4. Tidy up

Check the later of skin around each half of the onion, if it looks like it’s dry or slightly brown/discoloured then peel it down to the next layer.

It should look nice and shiny.

How to peel an onion for later use (10-20 seconds)

1.Peel the onion

With a small knife make a small incision to the top of the onion through any loose skin and as you peel away move diagonally around the onion.

Be sure to not cut through or remove the root, it needs to stay in tact to keep the onion as fresh as possible

2. Tidy up

As above remove any unpleasant looking layers of onion and store in the fridge for upto 2 weeks or they look and/or smell nasty.

Now it’s peeled onto the slicey part.