Market day always inspires me. There are ingredients that we see only for a brief window in Italy and one must seize the moment!
Today was one of those days.
Certaldo, where I live, is famous for its red onions. They are light and sweet and lovely both raw in salads or in cooking. We have a summer version to be used fresh, statina,and a winter onion to be used “dry”, vernina.
Often foods bring back travel memories and recipes. I love the grilled spring onions I remember eating in Mexico and in Sicily, in the Vucceria market at night, I once ate a grilled spring onion, which had delicate lamb intestines wrapped around it. Those flavors also reminded me of when I was in Greece.
Now the Sicilian market sells pancetta wrapped onions.
My version is to use a more savory and thinner sliced Tuscan prosciutto.
It is simple to trim and wrap the onions, slicing them in half lengthwise if they are too fat.
A perfect savory summer dish. Easy to prepare, pretty and GOOD.
Enjoy
Thanks for reminding me about these. We are going to a pot luck grill at Sienna’s on Saturday and I will bring some of these. Salvatore Denaro gave me a good tip: wrap the onions up ahead of time, and let them sit in the fridge overnight. Then the prosciutto really gets a chance to adhere.
Hi Judi, I do Ontario farm fresh asparagus in this way. So delicious. I love this bacon wrapped veggie idea so much that I did is with fingerling sweet potatoes too. Amazing. Like Lays chips, you can’t eat just one.
Here’s the link to my “Better With Bacon” post/recipe…
http://thefridgewhisperer.ca/fridge/better-with-bacon/
Happy Cooking,
Chef Deb.
I am with you Deb, i wrap everything…. Small cheeses too before grilling.
Those onions look fabulous – perfect for summer grilling. As always, thanks for the tip, Judy.
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Going to try this, thanks for sharing all your lovely recipes 🙂
Thank goodness for including this in your most recent most because this one seemed to escape me! And the spring onions are at our local farmers market now. And Elizabeth thanks for that tip from Salvatore!