Extra Tropea Onion Jam

The Extra Onion Jam of Tropea goes well with many uses: both on cheese, both on meat and even on foie gras, and will hardly stew. Tropea onion is recommended in combination with different cheeses in the guide I Formaggi d'Italia edited by L'Espresso.It is a particular onion, unmistakable in taste and shape, with very ancient historical roots: over two thousand years, it has been imported by the Phoenicians and it seems that its typical sweetness, depends on the microclimate particularly stable in the province of Cosenza, where it is cultivated.Here it grows in the winter period, without temperature changes thanks to the proximity of the sea, and on fresh and silty soils, which determine the precious characteristics of the product.The beneficial properties of this vegetable date back to Pliny the Elder, in the Naturalis Historia, in which he refers to the red onion as a remedy to cure a series of ills and physical ailments.