Caramalized onions on Masterchef tonight

One of the upcomming chefs on Masterchef,this evening had on his dish some caramalized onions,they were still whole.Anyone know make this.Much appreciated.Thanks.

willman, I think you're referring to the onions in the following recipe:

"Braised Beef Shin, Potato Mash, Bone Marrow and Vegetables
Recipe by: Andy Allen - Contestant
Serves: 2

Braised beef shin
•2pieces osso buco (beef shin 3cm slices)
•Salt and pepper
•½cup plain flour
•2tablespoons olive oil
•1carrot, diced
•1brown onion, diced
•2garlic cloves, finely chopped
•400mlred wine
•200mlveal stock
•1sprig rosemary
•5sprigs thyme
•Diced butter, red wine or veal stock, as required

Potato mash
•500grock salt
•3Sebago potatoes, washed
•2tablespoons warm milk
•100gbutter, softened

Caramelised eschalots
•50 gbutter
•6eschalots, peeled
•250mlveal stock

Baby turnips
•150gchilled butter, thinly sliced
•6baby turnips, washed and halved
•1/3cup chicken stock
•Baby cress, to serve

1. Preheat oven to 200°C fan forced.

2. For potato mash, pierce potatoes a few times with a sharp knife then place on a bed of rock salt. Roast for 1 hour or until tender. Halve potatoes and push, cut-side down through a drum sieve into a large bowl, stir in milk and butter and season with salt and pepper.

3. Dust beef with seasoned flour. In a medium frying pan heat 1 tablespoon oil and cook carrot, onion and garlic until well caramelised. Meanwhile heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pressure cooker and brown beef on all sides until it has a nice crust. Transfer vegetables to pressure cooker. Add red wine, veal stock, rosemary and thyme. Bring to the boil, cover, bring up to pressure and cook for 45-55 minutes or until beef is tender.

4. For caramelised eschalots, melt butter in a frying pan over medium-low, add eschalots and cook until golden. Add veal stock and simmer until nearly all the stock has evaporated.

5. Place a thin layer of sliced butter in a small saucepan. Lay turnips, flat side down on top of butter. Cook over low heat, adding chicken stock once the butter has melted. Cook until turnips are tender.

6. Once beef is cooked, pour liquid into a frying pan and bring to simmer over medium-high. Simmer until sauce has reduced, adding a butter and little red wine or stock to balance flavour.

7. To serve; arrange the beef, turnips, eschalots and quenelles of mash potato onto serving plate. Scatter over the cress and serve sauce in a sauceboat on the side.
Notes: Preparation: 20 minutes,Cooking: 1 hour 20 minutes"

Hope that helps.:-))

245sam:Thanks very much, for that.Thought it was Andy Allan,but didn't know his full name.

You're welcome willman - I copied and pasted the recipe for you because I thought you might not have wanted to go to the Masterchef website-once there you'd most likely find out who the winner is, whether you want to know or not.:-))