Though recipes frequently use them interchangeably, shallots are a different beast from onions – and you can even use them in desserts
Let’s be clear: a shallot is not an onion. You could be forgiven for thinking they are the same, and substituting them for onions in a recipe. Very few recipe writers will specify shallots for this reason, myself included sometimes. It’s so much more convenient just to say “onion”.
Editors will say to me: “No one will know the difference, so why fuss?” But you should fuss, because shallots have a completely different flavour profile. Shallots are yin to the onion’s yang.
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