DISPATCHES FROM THE FARMRSS

Shallots (NOT spring onions!)

Thursday, February 18, 2010
Recently, we harvested our first crop of shallots. They are Golden Shallots, so named because of their golden/coppery skins, but inside their firm flesh is a delicate purple-red. Shallots are related to onions but have a much milder flavour.


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Trailer of newly picked shallots Feb 2010

Also know as eschallots, shallots are prized by chefs for the amazing depth of flavour they can add to a dish, especially to sauces. They have a lovely sweet, aromatic, yet still pungent/onion flavour. They also go nicely finely sliced in salads.The deep fried ones used in Asian cuisine are also a delicious way to add flavour and texture to meals.



Some of our shallots in-skin, peeled & sliced, 
along with some of our garlic sliced ready for last night's stir fry!

Often in Australia, you hear people call spring onions 'shallots' (I'm from Sydney originally and I think N.S.W is one of our states where this tends to happen!)...but the long green stalked, white bulb-based spring onions or scallions are NOT true shallots. 


Tim with a golden bundle!

We will be keeping most of this years shallot crop for replanting, only selling a small quantity to chefs and at our farmers' market stalls, so we can expand our root stock. 

N.B.: We do NOT sell bulk/wholesale shallots (no exceptions).


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