1.   He prepared the onion confit ahead of time because it needed to sit for two to three hours before serving.

2.   Onion confit may lie under slices of roasted lamb or may be rubbed on a sandwich.

3.   Pacific ling cod, with a texture more like monkfish than the flakier New England variety, is accompanied by red onion confit.

4.   Serve fish on a bed of onion confit, whole fish cut into serving portions.