Produce Briefs...
White Corn
White corn is a sweet corn variety. Its ears are wrapped in tightly layered pale lime green to white husks. One ear of corn can contain up to 400 kernels growing in rows lengthwise.
Spring Onions
Spring onions are most often utilized raw. The whole onion can be flash blanched and grilled, which brings out more the robust and sweet elements of the onions, and makes them a bolder pair for fish and meats
Seasons/Availability
Red Pearl onions are available year round.
Current Facts
Red Pearl onions are a delicate long-day storage onion variety that resemble the shape of a shallot more than a common onion. They are harvested when their skin has dried to create a protective sheath for its still succulent flesh. They can be stored up to two months in the proper conditions. Pearl onions are purposefully small because they are planted tightly and densely together and picked at their preferred stunted size.
Description/Taste
Red Pearl onions have a semi-variegated, dry, papery burgundy skin enveloping a pale purple and translucent flesh. The Red Pearl onion is crisp, savory and slightly pungent in both aroma and flavor.
Applications
Pearl onions are ubiquitous as a pickled cocktail onion but they have many other culinary uses. In addition to being a common substitute for boiling onions in soups and stocks they can be charred, roasted and braised. Cover peeled pearl onions with chicken stock or water and cook until liquid has reduced and onions are tender. Combine Pearl onions, Chanterelle mushrooms and chicken in a saute pan, the cook until vegetables and meat are done. Pan-roast onions and halved brussels sprouts on the stove in butter and olive oil, until browned and cooked through. Pearl onions will keep, cool and dry, for up to two months.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Prepkitchen Little Italy | San Diego CA | 619-247-0394 |
| Cafe Chloe | San Diego CA | 619-232-3242 |
| Toast Catering | san diego CA | 858.208.9422 |
| Prepkitchen Del Mar | Del Mar CA | 858-792-7737 |
| Nine - Ten | San Diego CA | 858-964-5400 |
| 333 Pacific | Oceanside CA | 760-433-3333 |
| Cork and Platter | San Diego CA | 619-253-8311 |
| The Farm House Cafe | San Diego CA | 619-269-9662 |
| Golden Door | San Marcos CA | 760-761-4142 |
| Pamplemousse Grill | Solana Beach CA | 858-792-9090 |
| Prepkitchen La Jolla | San Diego CA | 858-875-7737 |
| Urban Solace | San Diego CA | 619-295-6464 |
| Lodge at Torrey Pines Grill | San Diego CA | 858-453-4420 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Red Pearl Onions. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Smitten Kitchen |
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Chicken with Chanterelles and Red Pearl Onions |
| A Food Centric Life |
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Pearl Onions with Brown Butter and Balsamic Glaze |
| Simply Recipes |
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Braised Onions |
