Happy Saturday. Between those Taylor Swift and Blake Lively texts (I’ll never think of a violin the same) and the Queer Eye cast drama, celebs were exceptionally messy this week. Thankfully, the internet delivered a few things that’ll help me recover emotionally. That includes…
— Melissa Goldberg / Senior Editor / Washington, DC
Not to Be Dramatic, But This Is the Coziest Winter Recipe of All Time
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You don’t need to be a meteorologist to know the forecast: Cloudy (sorry, snowy) with a chance of meatballs. Specifically, Rachel Mansfield’s French Onion Soup Meatballs. In this protein-charged riff on the bowl of cheese disguised as soup, jammy caramelized onions are used two ways: as part of the juicy meatballs and in the savory pan sauce — all of which gets covered in a blanket of bubbly, bronzed Gruyère cheese. And while you could pile it on top of noodles or grains, we highly recommend eating it straight from the skillet, with some crusty bread to soak up all the deliciousness. Mon Dieu.
The Time Commitment: Just over an hour. Though most of that is spent caramelizing the onions, so they get that sweet taste and jammy texture — which, we promise, is worth the effort.
Key Tips: While the recipe calls for ground beef, Mansfield says you can use ground turkey instead. And if you’d rather bake the meatballs, pop them in the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 to 20 minutes while the onions caramelize.
Other Takes: For more French onion everything, try…
French Onion Baked Lentils and Farro. Accurately described as “a dream of a winter dish,” this vegetarian recipe is hearty but not heavy, mostly hands-off, and tastes just as good eaten cold the next day.
