Vatiki onions

In Vatika is the homeland of the most famous Greek onion variety. With its red exterior color and spicy taste, the batik onions (to be precise, local population and not pure variety), is the basis of many delicious recipes, while for the fanatics, they are eaten even better raw.

In recent years, the local onion is under intense pressure from the market, in favor of hybrids that are much more productive, however it is loved by its friends and is sought mainly directly by producers who insist on its cultivation or by popular markets.

Nowadays, Vatiki onions are grown around 1000 acres with production around 4000 tons per year. The harvest takes place in May and on the streets of Vatika you will find trucks carrying shopping bags!

Vatiki onions, except for the salad where they are eaten raw, taste good kakavies, is an ingredient for stew meat or seafood, but also essential for any fried or oily food.