Ripening
An early variety that grows quickly, giving a harvest from the very start of the season. It is especially well suited to autumn and winter planting, offering fresh, tasty potatoes when local produce is scarcer.
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Variety profile
Sieglinde
- FleshYellow
- SkinYellow - thin
- SizeMedium
- Firm texture when cooked
Introduced to Salento in the first half of the twentieth century, it took to the red soils of the Ionian coast of Salento and became the symbol of the territory, in Italy and above all in Europe. A symbol of the rebirth and the exports of a whole region that made itself known through Sieglinde. The variety has earned the PDO status of Patata Novella di Galatina (the second potato PDO in Italy and the first PDO for a new potato).
In the kitchen
This variety stays firm when cooked and does not fall apart. It is the ideal choice for dishes that need whole potatoes, such as salads, oven-roasted sides or traditional recipes where the potato must hold its shape even after long cooking.
Availability
When you can find it through the year
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