The lampascioni or wild onions are edible bulbs with a reddish color and a bitter taste.
I knew them as “cipudduzzi calabrisi” then, while dealing with the photographic herbarium of Systematic Botany, I discovered that they are called lampascioni or lampagioni and that despite the “Calabrian” identifier they are cultivated and spread in various regions of southern Italy: Apulia and Basilicata in particular.
They are available on the market from January to March.
They have a low calorie intake.
For traditional recipes, I turn to home help: my mother, who explains how to boil them to prepare a tasty salad of lampascioni or wild Calabrian onions.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 2 servings
- Cooking methods: Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 9 oz lampascioni (or wild onions)
- as needed water
- as needed lemon juice
- as needed water
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch red chili pepper (coarsely chopped)
- as needed parsley (chopped)
- 1 drizzle extra virgin olive oil (raw)
- as needed lemon juice
- as needed citron
Preparation
Clean the lampascioni from roots and soil residues.
Wash them thoroughly.
Prepare a container and soak the bulbs for fifteen minutes in water and lemon juice.
Incise the base of the bulbs with two cross cuts.
At this point:
• put them in a pot with cold water and wait for the water to boil;
• let them cook for about 5 minutes;
• drain and rinse them.Repeat the process three times so that the bulbs lose some bitterness during cooking.
Your lampascioni or wild onions are ready.
Season them with:
• salt;
• coarsely chopped red chili pepper;
• parsley;
• extra virgin olive oil.
If you like, you can add lemon juice only at the moment of consumption.Your salad of lampascioni or wild Calabrian onions is ready.
Enjoy your meal!
In Sicily, it is customary to add slices of citron, in dialect u pirettu.
Notes
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