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Periwinkle

Littorina littoreaAlso called winkle and Littorina littorea

Periwinkle is a mollusc. Cooks boil or simmer it.

  • Shellfish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: molluscs

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Family
Littorinidae
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Belgium
Periwinkle, whole

Photo: S. Rae from Scotland, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use periwinkle

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer

Shopping

Choosing and storing periwinkle

Keeping it

  • Fridge · whole

Around the world

Where periwinkle is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses periwinkle. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list periwinkle among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to
Spain, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Northern Europe, Russia

  1. 7,500 BCE · United Kingdom

    Periwinkles are believed to have been an important food in Scotland since at least 7500 BCE.

On the table

Dishes made with periwinkle

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Caricole

    Belgium

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include periwinkle.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: periwinkle in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: molluscsChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: shellfishChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What periwinkle is called

Names in 45 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Littorina littorea · Bigaro · Bígaro

  • French

    Littorina littorea · bigorneau · bigorneau vrai

  • Italian

    Littorina littorea

  • Portuguese

    Caramujo · Burrié

  • German

    Große Strandschnecke · Littorina littorea

  • Dutch

    gewone alikruik · Littorina littorea · krukel · karakollen

  • Russian

    Обыкновенная литорина

  • Polish

    Pobrzeżka pospolita

  • Arabic

    ونكة شائعة · ونكه شائعه · برونق شائع · ونكة

  • Persian

    صدف پیرابند معمولی

  • Chinese

    欧洲玉黍螺

  • Japanese

    ヨーロッパタマキビガイ · ヨーロッパタマキビ

Show all 45 languages

  • Afrikaans

    Alikreukel

  • Albanian

    Littorina littorea

  • Aragonese

    Littorina littorea

  • Asturian

    Littorina littorea · Mincha

  • Basque

    Karrakela arrunta · Littorina littorea

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Caramujo

  • Breton

    Bigorn du · Littorina littorea

  • Bulgarian

    обикновен морски охлюв

  • Catalan

    caragolí comú · Littorina littorea

  • Cebuano

    Littorina littorea

  • Czech

    plážovka vejcorodá · Littorina littorea

  • Danish

    Almindelig strandsnegl · Strandsnegl

  • Egyptian Arabic

    ونكه شائعه

  • Esperanto

    Litorino

  • Faroese

    Fjørukúvingur · Littorina littorea

  • Finnish

    rantakotilo · Littorina littorea · Litorinakotilo · Rantasimpukka

  • Galician

    Caramuxo

  • Hungarian

    közönséges particsiga · Littorina littorea

  • Icelandic

    Fjörudoppa

  • Igbo

    common periwinkle

  • Indonesian

    Siput api-api eropa

  • Irish

    faocha

  • Latin

    Littorina littorea

  • Northern Frisian

    Grat strunsnek · Hölker · Strunsnek

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    storstrandsnegl · Littorina littorea · stor strandsnegle · stor strandsnegl

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Strandsnigel · Strandsnegl

  • Picard

    Vignot

  • Romanian

    Littorina littorea

  • Scottish Gaelic

    Gille-fionndrainn

  • Simplified Chinese

    欧洲玉黍螺

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    欧洲玉黍螺

  • Swedish

    Vanlig strandsnäcka · Littorina littorea

  • Swiss High German

    Grosse Strandschnecke

  • Traditional Chinese

    歐洲玉黍螺

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    歐洲玉黍螺

  • Ukrainian

    Littorina littorea

  • Vietnamese

    Ốc mỡ · Littorina littorea

  • Waray

    Littorina littorea

  • West Flemish

    Kreukel

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q27935

Photos

Photo: S. Rae from Scotland, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons