Where to buy Silverskin Onions?

Toots · 13-05-2017 2:35pm #1

Does anyone have any ideas where in Dublin I'd get silverskin onions? I want to try pickling them. I did pickled celery with great success, however couldn't find small silverskins anywhere. I ended up attempting it with small shallots, and they've been in the pickling mixture for over a week and are still basically like raw onions - there's very little flavour penetration at all.

Would be very grateful for any help

Stheno · 13-05-2017 2:36pm

Fallon and Byrne?

arian · 13-05-2017 3:44pm

Toots wrote: »

I ended up attempting it with small shallots, and they've been in the pickling mixture for over a week and are still basically like raw onions - there's very little flavour penetration at all.

Patience, Grasshopper

. They'll need at least a couple of months.

Toots · 13-05-2017 7:06pm

arian wrote: »

Patience, Grasshopper . They'll need at least a couple of months.

But they smell soooooo good!! I want to eat them now!! The celery was all done within about 48 hours so my patience is low

Do I need to refrigerate them or will the vinegar mixture stop them from going rancid?

Cheshire Cat · 13-05-2017 8:01pm

Just checked my mother's handwritten recipe and it says to leave them for at least 4 weeks. The vinegar mix should be enough to preserve them. Make sure to keep them in a cool, dark place.

StripedBoxers · 13-05-2017 10:35pm

I am sure I have seen these in my local Dunnes, if I recall correctly, the jar has a blue or green lid with a similar coloured label.

When I am there this week I can have a look and try to get the brand name for you

Stheno · 13-05-2017 10:52pm

Are the ones in jars not pickled?

Tigger · 13-05-2017 11:05pm

Stheno wrote: »

Are the ones in jars not pickled?

Here's ones I prepared earlier

Dial Hard · 14-05-2017 9:04am

StripedBoxers wrote:

I am sure I have seen these in my local Dunnes, if I recall correctly, the jar has a blue or green lid with a similar coloured label.

They're already pickled. She's looking for raw ones she can pickle herself.

Toots · 15-05-2017 5:29pm

Yeah Gordon Ramsay had an epic pickled celery recipe so I want to use the same pickling recipe to do onions too. 4 weeks though. Oh man, I hope they're tasty at the end of it!!

Dial Hard · 15-05-2017 5:33pm

Might be worth checking out a farmers market if there's one near you

Where to buy Silverskin Onions?

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