Tamarillo chutney - Eat Well Recipe - NZ Herald (2024)

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What do you use Tamarillo for? ›

Whether scooping the fruit raw or flash cooking it, the meat of the tamarillo can be used in smoothies, made into chutney, refined into hot sauce, and cooked down into a topping for egg dishes, roast chicken, or pasta.

To store tamarillos, refrigerate for up to two weeks or they will keep in your fruit bowl for about one week. They can easily be frozen – either whole (remove the skins first) or pureed.

It is also known as the tree tomato, tomate de árbol, tomate andino, tomate serrano, blood fruit, poor man's tomatoe, tomate de yuca, tomate de españa, sachatomate, berenjena, chilto and tamamoro in South America, tyamtar, rambheda or rukh tamatar (lit.

Tamarillos are also known as tree tomatoes. This name is no coincidence: the fruits are oval shaped, and they come in both red and yellow.

Since the skin is thick and has an unpleasant texture and flavor, it is usually removed before eating. The seeds, flat and round-shaped, are also edible.

If there is still a ring of green around the top of the fruit it will not ripen to eating quality after picking. However, if you are not planning on to store the fruit for a long time (a couple of weeks or less) the fruit should be picked only once the stalk and calyx turn pale green or even slightly yellow.

They are a source of vitamins A, B6 and C and also contain vitamin E and thiamine, copper and magnesium. Store them in the fridge for up to two weeks or in a fruit bowl for a week. Tamarillos can easily be frozen, skinned and left whole, or pureed for some of those winter puddings we will be serving any day soon.

The flesh of the tamarillo is tangy and variably sweet, with a bold and complex flavor, and may be compared to kiwifruit, tomato, guava, or passion fruit. The skin and the flesh near it have a bitter taste and are not usually eaten raw.

The tamarillo is rich in vitamins, A, B6, C, E, fiber and antioxidants. Although the outer covering is bitter, the fruit of the tamarillo is juicy and flavorful. Eat the tamarillo as a snack or use the colorful fruit in a myriad of ways.

Tamarillo is a source of fibers, vitamin C, potassium, polyphenols and carotenoids. Tamarillo has a relatively high polyphenol content compared to other tropical fruits. Tamarillo has claimed health effects such as antioxidation and antinociception.

How can you tell when a tamarillo is ripe? ›

The harvest time can vary, however once the fruit turns to a rich red, you'll know when to start cutting them off, and don't forget to leave a small stalk. The fresh fruit can be kept in the fridge for up to 8 weeks.