Vegetable
Shallot
About This Entry
Shallot delivers refined allium sweetness and mild sulfur — classic in French pan sauces, vinaigrettes, and delicate fish or poultry preparations.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Alternative wine styles
Common Culinary Uses
- garlic
Regional Context
FR
At a Glance
Group
Alliums
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
aromatic
Scientific name
Allium cepa var. aggregatum
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Shallot
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Alliums
- Scientific name
- Allium cepa var. aggregatum
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- aromatic
- Plant part
- bulb
- Texture
- dense
- Moisture class
- medium
- Flavor intensity
- moderate
- Seasonality
- year round