These are shallots. They have brown paper-y skins like brown onions, but once you peel the paper you'll find they have purple skins.
And they are sort of garlic-like as you might get one with "cloves," though shallot cloves aren't individually wrapped like garlic cloves are.
When you cut off the ends of shallots you'll find that they bleed white and cause your eyes to tear just like a regular onion.
Quartering them, shallots are like onions or garlic. It's crazy.
But look at their size when compared to a half-pound of halved button mushrooms and 1.5 lbs of quartered red potatoes.
Shallots are small. And pretty.
Available in the produce section, right there by the onions and garlic, of your Ralph's. Priced by the pound for about $2.50, I bought my three bulbs for $1.17.
Available in the produce section, right there by the onions and garlic, of your Ralph's. Priced by the pound for about $2.50, I bought my three bulbs for $1.17.
2 comments:
I've only cooked with shallots once, but from that once time, I can attest that they rock! Yum! Thanks for the great pics and explanation!
Yep, shallots do rock!
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