Cherimoya, feijoa, pepino: Sound foreign? They’re specialty fruits. This National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month is the time to enjoy them both for their flavor and their nutrient and phytonutrient benefits.
Enjoy exotic fruits over ice cream, frozen yogurt, or even cereal; in a fruit smoothie or salad; or by themselves for their unique flavor.
Try one or more of these specialty fruits today:
- Cactus pear, or prickly pear, is the sweet, mild fruit of cactus plants. Peel; remove the seeds.
- Cherimoya (chair-oh-MOY-ah), or custard apple, has a custard like consistency and flavor. Cut in half, remove seeds, and scoop out the fruit.
- Feijoa (fay-YOH-ah or fay-JOH-ah) looks like a kiwifruit without fuzz.
- Guava (GWAH-vah), sweet and fragrant, ranges from white- to red-fleshed. Enjoy whole if you like.
- Kiwano (kee-WAH-noh), orange and spiked outside, is juicy and green inside, and tastes like cucumber, banana, and lime.
- Loquat, a small tart fruit, is eaten whole. Remove the pit.
- Pepino is fragrant, with a juicy sweet yellow flesh. Peel first.
- Persimmon looks like a tomato. It’s sweet when ripe, but bitter and sour when it’s not.
- Starfruit, or carambola, forms a star when sliced.
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