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How to prepare a spring onion

Name: How to prepare a spring onion
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 spring onion
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 spring onion (scallion)

Delicious, young spring onions are a sure sign that spring is well and truly here. They need a particular preparation, but here's how to do it easily.

84 K 4/5 (28 reviews)

5 min.

Easy

0.15 €

1 spring onion ingredients

1 Ingredient

Last modified on: May 1^st 2022

For 1 spring onion, you will need:

1 1 spring onion (scallion)
Total weight: 125 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 5 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1

Spring onions are very long, with a white base and green tops.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Start by trimming off the rooty base.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 min.

Then cut off the ends of the green tops, only keeping the greenest parts that still feel firm.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Starting from the top, pull the outer skin of the onion...

Stage 5

...downwards and off at the base.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

Rinse the trimmed onion.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.

Then slice the onion thinly, starting with the white base...

Stage 8

...up to the green tops.

Stage 9

Your spring onion is ready to use in your recipe.

Remarks

Spring onions should always be really fresh, as they go soft on keeping and the green tops wilt rapidly.

Keeping: Once sliced, should be used the same day.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	2 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=1 %	0	50 RDI=3 %	220 RDI: 3 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=1 %	0	40 RDI=2 %	170 RDI: 2 %

How much will it cost?

For 1 spring onion : 0.15 €

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