This definitive guide to the fruits of the world, featuring a full identification guide, with information about their history, varieties and nutritional value.
Includes all the well-known citrus fruits, summer berries and other fruits, such as apples, bananas, melons, peaches, figs and grapes, as well as interesting tropical varieties, such as babacoa, custard apples, sharon fruit, prickly pears, rambutans and snake fruit
Includes help on buying and storing fruits and detailed step-by-step instructions on how to prepare, preserve and cook them, together with 100 delectable recipes, illustrated in over 800 photographs
From pies to puddings and pickles to sufflés, recipes include Hot Date Puddings with Toffee Sauce, French Apple Tart, Pickled Peach Chutney, Crunchy-topped Apricot Cake, and Date and Walnut Brownies
Introduction 6
Equipment 10
Purchasing, Preparing and Cooking 12
Apples, Pears, Quinces and Modlars 16
Stone Fruits 36
Berries and Currants 50
Citrus Fruits 70
Exotic Fruits 84
Melons, Grapes, Figs and Rhubarb 112
Cooking with Fruit 126
Apple, Pear and Quince Recipes 128
Stone Fruit Recipes 148
Berry and Currant Recipes 168
Citrus Fruit Recipes 190
Exotic Fruit Recipes 212
Melon, Grape, Fig and Rhubarb Recipes 240
Index 252
Overview
This definitive guide to the fruits of the world, featuring a full identification guide, with information about their history, varieties and nutritional value.
Includes all the well-known citrus fruits, summer berries and other fruits, such as apples, bananas, melons, peaches, figs and grapes, as well as interesting tropical varieties, such as babacoa, custard apples, sharon fruit, prickly pears, rambutans and snake fruit
Includes help on ...