ONION CHIVES
CLASSIC FLAVOUR PARTNERS
Parsley, Basil, Tarragon, Chervil, Garlic
CLASSIC FOOD PARTNERS
Chicken, eggs, fish, potato, cucumber, celery, salads, soups,
mayonnaise, vinaigrettes.
COOKING
Add raw leaves and flowers into uncooked food for a mild onion flavour.
Add just prior to serving hot foods.
EDIBLE FLOWERS
Delightful mild onion flavoured mauve flowers can be added to dishes to flavour and brighten them up. Pick flowers just as they open.
CULTIVATION
Spreading herbaceous perennial to 30 cm high.
Divide clump each year.
BOTANIC NAME
Allium schoenoprasum