Organic 'Val-aux-Vents' shallot
The organic 'Val-aux-Vents' shallot is a variety of character that combines gastronomic delicacy, local selection, and great reliability in the garden. Resulting from patient selection work undertaken in Quebec, it produces beautiful rounded bulbs with delicate, exceptionally sweet, and very pleasant flesh for cooking. Grown as an annual, this biennial shallot seduces with its regular growth, beautiful uniformity, and ability to perform well in fertile and well-prepared soil. Its upright foliage elegantly accompanies the season, while the bulbs grow consistently when watering remains balanced. In the garden, it occupies little space, allowing for easy integration into intensive beds or diversified vegetable gardens. If a few plants are allowed to continue their cycle, its flowering attracts a host of pollinators, adding a valuable ecological dimension to this food crop. Its very good preservation prolongs the pleasure of the harvest for a long time, making it a choice ally for everyday cooking as well as for more refined dishes. To grow 'Val-aux-Vents' is to bring a local, flavorful, and precious shallot into the garden, whose sweetness marks both the harvest and the plate.
