Name in Spanish:
Puerro polvo

Name in Latin:
Allium Porrum

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ASPECT AND DESCRIPTION:
Herbaceous plant with a cylindrical or oblong bulb, which reaches almost 60-80 cm high. It is a vegetable like a long onion with many layers of wide flat leaves that are white at the bottom and green at the top.

HISTORY:
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CULINARY USE:
Dehydrated leek leaves can be offered white or green, nevertheless this product usually is commercialized as mixed (green/white leek leaves). After their hydration leek leaves are used in sauces or fritters together with other vegetables (onion; garlic; bell pepper) or accompanying red meats, rice or pasta.

Their flavor is associated with the onion but with a little of green vegetable flavor. Also they add green color to other mixtures.

Dehydrated leek leaves or leek powder are used as ingredient in soups

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