SPRING ONIONS

The spring onion is the most under rated vegetable . Yes the green leaves are used as dressing or additives to dishes where colour and subtle flavour is needed. The white stem is used as a flavour in hot and cold dishes . Unfortunately the spring onion roots are discarded .. The spring onion roots are full of flavour . I trim the spring onions along with a short amount of white stem in place along with the roots . Without cooking you can trim off the base of the spring onion and add the roots to any leafy salad , they are gently delicious . Today , I heated a little oil in a saucepan and deep fried the attached roots that are attached to a small amount of the the base of the spring onion . I just fried them till they changed colour . Drain and let them cool . You can now enjoy a light and crunchy snack with a delicate sweet flavour . The fried onion roots are a great addition to a cheese , cracker and olive platter .