Cippolini onions

Cippolini onions are round, flat,  Italian onions are about one to two inches in diameter. They're available in the fall. Excellent for roasting, pickling or bottling.  These  turbin-shaped onions have a mild flavor similar to a pearl or boiling onion.

Where To Buy Cippolini Onions

While once hard to find these onions are available in many well-stocked grocery stores. Look for them in the same produce section where you find boiling and pearl onions.

Substitute For Cippolini Onions

If you can't find cippolini onions you can substitute another mild-flavored onion such as:

• Boiling onions - these are slightly smaller but have a similar mild flavor.
• Pearl onions - which are smaller (use 2 -3 pearl onions per each cippolini called for). These little onions are time consuming to peel.
• Depending on your recipe you could substitute a dry yellow onion, chopped.