Topic: FOND (and that vinegar smell)

[DalPuri]

What is fond?
Fond is all the little brown bits that collect on the bottom of the pan during caramelisation.

I made some French onion soup the other day and was caramelising over a kilo of onions for more than an hour when i kept noticing "the vinegar smell" which many people have struggled to attain when cooking Julians gravy recipe.

I would suggest that those same members slowly caramelise a few onions in oil for a long time (regularly stirring and scraping) to understand what it is theyre trying to achieve.

 Frank