A difficult fruit to eat on its own as has a very bitter taste. However, in preserving terms it is a fantastic fruit to work with. Very high in pectin (pectin is essential for preserving...not much pectin in banana so you never really see a preserved banana product) and goes a lovely colour when cooked.
The chutney is a really quite special - a strong flavour that we recommend with equally strong meats and cheeses. Especially good with venison and other robust meats. We have used raisins and the taste is both savoury with a bit of sweet. Enjoy also with a strong, mature cheddar.
The jelly is the best looking of all of our products. We use arrow root (natural stabiliser/thickener) as our thickener and this translates to a clear almost translucent red jelly. The taste is quite superb and can be enjoyed with meats - think replacement for a mint jelly as well as cheese.
Membrillo - this is a fruit cheese made without dairy. A bit of a confusing description, a better way of explaining this product is that it is quite a bit more solid than a standard jelly. It should be sliced and enjoyed with cheese - in fact a great accompaniment to a cheese platter.
We have bought some lovely cocoa powder from NoMu and will be cooking up a batch of our highly successful chocolate chilli sauce. Use it as a marinade for steak, chicken or fish - this sauce is a very loosely based on a Mexican mole sauce with Oded's interpretation.
Pop into the shop for a visit and a taste - we are open Mon-Fri from 8am to 6pm and Saturdays from 9am to 2pm.
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