Traditional shallots from Brittany

Long
Traditional shallots from Brittany-France
Half-long
TRADITIONAL SHALLOTS FROM BRITTANY
HISTORY
Originally from Asia Minor, the cultivation of Traditional
shallots has begun to grow up in the 17th century in the
French province of Brittany. From that time, Breton growers
have evolved a genuine know-how for this cultivation helped
with some very good soil and weather conditions.
HERITAGE OF
THE FRENCH GASTRONOMY
Used RAW or COOKED, the Traditional shallot is a major
condiment of the French cooking : its inimitable flavour, as
subtle as it is characteristic, makes it an irreplaceable
ingredient in numerous traditional or innovative recipes.
THE GROWING
Hand-planted between mid-January and mid-April, the
shallot is pulled up between the 15th of July and the 15th
of August: after been dried to the sun, it is harvested and
stored in ventilated and refrigerated cells in order to be
commercialized all the year round.
TWO TYPES OF TRADITIONAL SHALLOTS ARE GROWN
IN BRITTANY
The SEMI-LONG is quite round and irregular in shape, its thin
tunic is coppery pink or red. Its pinkish flesh has a delicate and
sweet flavour.
The LONG variety has a long and regular shape, its tunic is
coppery yellow. Its colourful flesh has a strong taste.
HOW TO IDENTIFY A TRADITIONAL SHALLOT ?
The Traditional shallot is easily recognizable with the scar on its base, consequence of its
cultivation : a planted bulb of shallot gives a tuft of shallots, also the scar marks the point where
the shallot was united to the other shallots of the tuft. Onions, banana shallots and seed shallots
don’t have a scar as a single bulb is coming out from the seed cultivation.
On the packaging, the
name « ECHALOTES
TRADITIONNELLES »
is guaranteeing the
origin and farming
method of the
Traditional shallot.
The Tuft
The Scar
PRESERVATION
The best way to preserve shallots is to put them in a dark,
dark, dry and
rather cool place.
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