Easy pickled onions recipe with delicious brine made as a small batch. Made in a few minutes and improved with time in the fridge. Quickly made using refrigeration pickling method. Serve with salads, sandwiches, cheese, pate or cold meats.
Clean the onion and take off the first layer of the onion skin.
Slice the onion fairly thinly and layer into your glass jar.
Measure out all the other ingredients in a separate bowl and mix in to dissolve the salt (and sugar if used).
Pour the liquid mixture into the jar covering the onions (add more water if needed to make sure the liquid is nearly to the top)
Leave in the fridge overnight (about 8 hrs) to marinate before using and eat within 1-7 days (whilst keeping it in the fridge). The onion flavour will mellow over period of time.