Cipollotti

    How They Grow

    • Spring onions or scallions are young onions harvested before the bulb grows.
    • They are picked about 60-120 days after the bulb is planted, depending on local temperatures. To keep them tender, they are blanched by covering the base of the plants using the soil between rows.
    • There are two types of spring onions: white and red.
    • White spring onions are white onions harvested before fully mature, and have a strong flavor. They are great for cooking.
    • Red spring onions are young red onions that remain sweet even after cooking, but are particularly good raw.
    • Their characteristic smell and the fact that they make one cry are due to volatile sulfur compounds that form when the onion is cut.
    • They can be machine harvested or hand picked.

    Their benefits

    • Spring onions are rich in potassium and have a good calcium content.
    • They contain vitamin C and vitamin groups B1, B2, and PP.
    • They can aid digestion.
    • Thanks to their depurative, detoxifying and diuretic effects, they are very useful in weight loss diets, especially for people who are overweight because of water retention.
    CALORIESFATSCHOLESTEROLIRON
    38 kcal/100g0 g/100g0 mg/100g0,4 mg/100g

    Conservation

    Keep spring onions in a dark, dry place, and spread the bulbs to that air can circulate between them. If kept in the refrigerator, put in a sealed bag.

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