cipolla bianca novella

English translation: new white onion

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Italian term or phrase:	cipolla bianca novella
English translation:	new white onion
Entered by:	Bethany Kachura

12:01 Feb 18, 2021

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / type of onion

Italian term or phrase: cipolla bianca novella

Strangely I can find hardly any results for this online.
It seems to be different from a Spring onion.
Any ideas?

Grazie mille!

Bethany Kachura KudoZ activity Questions: 112 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 8 United Kingdom
Local time: 10:08

New white onions

Explanation:
They are not necessarily small, for pickling (like pearl onions), but are just fresh out of the ground, i.e. not left to dry. They are used a lot in Italy, but not really in the UK.

Selected response from:

Shilpa Baliga
Local time: 11:08

Grading comment

Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

New white onions

Shilpa Baliga

Pearl onions/white onions

Cristina Antonac

Summary of reference entries provided

fwiw/hth

writeaway

check types of onions

Yvonne Gallagher

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

1 hr confidence:

Pearl onions/white onions

Explanation:
It seems to me it's small, young, white onions. So maybe pearl onions is rightor white pearl onions.

Reference: http://https://teabreakfast.com/types-of-onions/

Cristina Antonac
Croatia
Local time: 11:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Croatian

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

New white onions

Explanation:
They are not necessarily small, for pickling (like pearl onions), but are just fresh out of the ground, i.e. not left to dry. They are used a lot in Italy, but not really in the UK.

https://it.toluna.com/opinions/3219851/cipolle-novelle-al-forno-che-bont%C3%A0
Reference: http://www.lacucinadidany.it/recipe/27-cipolle-novelle-ripie...

Shilpa Baliga
Local time: 11:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you very much!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for this, Shilpa. "New white onions" doesn't seem to be commonly used in English, but perhaps it is simply because we don't tend to eat this onion variety here and so there is no widely used equivalent. At least it expresses the idea.

Reference comments

21 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: fwiw/hth

Reference information:
usebalsamicvinegar.com › Balsamic Recipes
10 May 2019 — 1 bunch of agretti; 2 carrots; 1 sweet red pepper; 50g of bean sprouts; 1/2 new white onions; 300g of bitter salad; 4 tablespoons of extra virgin ...

Pressed Terrine of Bresse Bleu and Little Vegetables, a recipe ...
gourmetpedia.net › recipes › blue-cheese-terrine
2 Bresse bleu cheeses, each 250 g (9 oz.), or another soft blue cheese. - 1 bunch of baby carrots. - 1 bunch of new white onions. - 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) snow peas.

Spendlove Vegetable Ranch - We are offering farm pick up or ...
m.facebook.com › SpendloveVegetableRanch › photos
5 May 2020 — New White onions $2. Eggplant “limited availability” $2. HOT Jalapeños $1. Green tomatoes $2. Bell peppers “limited availability” $1. Cabbage ...

writeaway
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Note to reference poster

Asker: Thank you - yes, I did find it used in a few recipes, but so few I'm not sure if it's reliable. However, it could just be that we don't use this ingredient much in anglophone countries.

6 hrs peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: check types of onions

Reference information:
if in doubt, check it out

https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/10-common-types-of-...

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Note added at 1 day 1 min (2021-02-19 12:02:34 GMT)
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"hours of research"?? took a minute of Googling to find this. (Though I already knew what they are)

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Note added at 1 day 34 mins (2021-02-19 12:35:57 GMT)
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re your private email to me.

I am really flabbergasted that "hours of research" yielded no conclusive or worthwhile results and you still have a problem? Your "Italian foodie friends" seemingly don't know much either about onions or English!

cipolla bianca= white onions = white onions . Quite simply! Novella= new to imply they are like new potatoes, i.e. fresh out of the ground and not dried. So it is a direct literal translation. You can also say "FRESH WHITE ONIONS" which I'd personally prefer to "new".

Just because they are not used widely in the UK in cooking (brown or Spanish onions more widely used and available) doesn't mean they are not called "white onions!

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Note added at 1 day 50 mins (2021-02-19 12:51:56 GMT)
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"new white onions" gets 16,400 Ghits
"fresh white onions" gets 96,500 Ghits so not exactly unknown in English...

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Note added at 1 day 53 mins (2021-02-19 12:54:56 GMT)
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Bethany, whenever I can't find a clear reference I Google images as they can often confirm or suggest a translation

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 7

Note to reference poster

Asker: Writeaway, I did hours of research before resorting to Kudoz :)

Asker: I've been perusing market websites and lists of onion varieties, but not convinced any of them are a direct equivalent to this type of onion. "New onion" has very results in reference to an actual species of onion. "Baby onion" suggests it is young, rather than served when still freshly picked. "Pearl onions" are specifically used for pickling.

Asker: Of course, the fact that they are not widely used doesn't mean that that's not their name. I was hoping to establish whether there was a more widely used term, as this one seems to appear so rarely, but I think you're right that it's probably because we just don't use it much as an ingredient here, so a literal translation is probably safest. Thank you for your contributions and for providing the link, Yvonne.

Asker: Yes but looking at the sources of the results, many are non-anglophone websites, or counting phrases like "New! White onions".

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