Shallots and echalions, what are the differences?

Shallots and echalions what are the differences ? According to the European catalog of varieties of vegetable species (2015/C 395/01), it appears that the variety Allium cepa L. group Aggregatum corresponds to the shallot and the variety Allium cepa L. group cepa to the onion and echalion. What is it? Basically, we can say that the shallot and the echalion are cousins. Discover what differentiates them…

By sight…

The shallot has a more elongated shape and has only one bulb, unlike the shallot. The shallot is in fact a cross between a red onion and a shallot.

In terms of taste…

These two alliaceous are close in taste. The bigger the echalion is, the more its taste will be close to the onion, even if its taste remains finer and more subtle than the latter.

In terms of price…

Frozen shallots are sold at a lower price than shallots, thanks to a more efficient cultivation method and higher production yields.

Gelpass, Shallots and echalions.