peel, slice and use as a sandwich filling, Sprinkle over raw sugar if you love a sweet touch. Sooooooo good and tasty

pam.delilah - 2011-08-25 09:47:00

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cookessentials - 2011-08-25 10:29:00

I have a cook book that is from Malborough and it's all about Tamarillo's..... I hunt it out and see if I can send you a link and or type a couple of fab recipes.

leebee35 - 2011-08-25 21:30:00

Economise: Mix with apple to make go further~
Tamarillo and apple tart

Serves 4-6

3-4 tamarillos

2 apples

1 Tbsp sugar

1 cup water

Shortcake pastry

120g butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 Tbsp icing sugar

1/ Preheat the oven to 190[Degree].

2/ Boil 2 cups of water in an electric jug.

3/ Place the tamarillos in a small bowl and pour the boiling water over them. Leave the fruit to soak for 5 minutes.

4/ Measure 1 cup of water and 2 Tbsp of sugar into a saucepan, stir and bring to the boil.

5/ Wash the apples and cut into quarters. Remove the core and cut into thin slices.

6/ Add the sliced apple to the boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes until the apple is soft.

7/ Remove the saucepan from the heat and drain the liquid.

8/ Drain the water from the tamarillos and use a paring knife to remove the skin and discard. Cut each tamarillo in quarters, then dice the flesh.

9/ For the pastry, soften the butter in a medium-size bowl, add the sugar and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is creamed.

10/ Add the egg and vanilla essence. Continue beating until the mixture is smooth.

11/ Sift the flour and baking powder into the creamed mixture and stir until all ingredients are combined. The mixture will be soft.

12/ Grease a 20x20cm square or a round dish.

13/ Spread 2/3 of the shortcake mixture into the dish. Press the mixture over the base of the dish with clean, floured hands.

14/ Spoon the stewed apple on top of the shortcake, then spread the chopped tamarillos over the apple. (You may wish to sprinkle 1-2 tsp sugar over the tamarillos.)

15/ Take teaspoons of the remaining shortcake mixture and roll each spoonful into a ball with your floured hands. Flatten the circle of dough in your hand, then place the circles of dough over the top of the fruit. The shortcake circles will spread a little, so leave small spaces between them. Alternatively you can make a lattice top by placing strips of rolled pastry across the top of the apple/tamarillo mixture.

16/ Bake at 190[Degree] for 20-25 minutes. The shortcake should be lightly browned.

17/ Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve with plain yoghurt, custard, or milk.

bev00 - 2011-08-25 22:43:00

Tams seem to be in short supply this year (meaning bl**dy expensive!). Even our local tamarillo orchard has none for sale. Another nearby orchard seems to have lost all it's trees - they are all dying from what looks like some sort of disease. This time of year they're usually almost a staple diet for me! Have only had about a dozen so far cos they cost so much from the shops.

otterhound - 2011-08-27 10:29:00

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27kaytee - 2011-08-27 19:19:00

i had a tamarillo icecream today = to die for,

bev00 - 2012-08-26 21:10:00

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cookessentials - 2012-08-26 22:01:00

http://www.genevievescuisine.com/recipes-tamarillo-icecream.
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timturtle - 2012-08-26 22:48:00

i will not be eating any this year....they cost 1 dollar each in WA...thats aussie 1 dollar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
!!!!!

motorbo - 2012-08-26 23:39:00

I adore Tamarillos poached/lightly stewed with rice pudding.

carlosjackal - 2012-08-27 00:47:00

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cookessentials - 2012-08-27 06:34:00

Bump for ideas for dinner tonight

flashly88 - 2012-08-27 16:13:00

bumping for the tamarillos

pickles7 - 2013-08-19 16:12:00

organic tamarillos have so much more flavour than the supermarket ones

bev00 - 2014-08-19 21:56:00

We have been lucky, this year. We have been given, reject tarmarillos, from an orchard. They are beauties, and so tasty.

willman - 2014-08-20 08:26:00

I love them raw on toast with no sugar.

clair4 - 2014-08-20 10:36:00

bev00 wrote:

i had a tamarillo icecream today = to die for,

Oh yum, I haven't seen that one!

kiwilion - 2014-08-20 16:38:00

I have been using Annabelle Whites simple stewed tams...peel, chop and cook with water a bit of sugar and a couple of tablespoons of custard powder! Deeevine!

spot20 - 2014-08-22 17:04:00

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52many - 2014-08-22 18:33:00

SALAD
1/2 red cabbage-sliced
3 tamarillos-diced
1 red onion-diced
1/2 c brown or raw sugar
2 apples-cubed

Combine, then pour over vinagrette and serve at once

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Tamarillo Bacon & Red Cabbage Stir Fry
1 large kumara, chopped
2 Onions , chopped
5 rashers of Bacon, sliced into strips
Stir fry until nearly cooked
then add: 1 tblsp finely chopped ginger
2-3 red tamarillos, diced
Stir fry a little more then finely slice 1/2 a red cabbage and place on top.
Turn heat down and very gently simmer with a lid on until cabbage is cooked. Lightly toss and serve with rice and whole boiled small beetroots.

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bev00 - 2014-08-28 22:24:00

saving

bev00 - 2015-08-28 23:38:00

and again

bev00 - 2015-09-01 23:38:00

bump

uli - 2016-08-28 16:31:00

bump

bev00 - 2017-08-29 00:04:00

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bev00 - 2017-08-29 00:06:00

I can't take a liking to those things, even my wee birds aren't fussed :-)))

rainrain1 - 2017-08-29 11:29:00

rainrain1 wrote:

I can't take a liking to those things, even my wee birds aren't fussed :-)))

Tamarillo sandwiches on white bread - grew up on them, and would still love them if tamarillos weren't so expensive.

Edited by kaddiew at 4:20 pm, Tue 29 Aug

kaddiew - 2017-08-29 16:19:00

lookingfor wrote:

I can't stand eating raw tamarillos My mum eats them on top of ice cream, yuck! I like tamarillio chutneyl though, I must track down a jar, or make some

Oh we have them with ice cream often! Sometimes grilled with a little sugar and cinnamon on top, otherwise just fresh.

rarogal - 2017-08-29 17:20:00

Love tams myself, I like them as they are, with warmed with thick yoghurt, very nice, so expensive here in ChCh.

lazkaz - 2017-08-29 17:40:00

kaddiew wrote:

Tamarillo sandwiches on white bread - grew up on them, and would still love them if tamarillos weren't so expensive.

I paid the earth for 4, and fed two to the birds....there's nothing in them. Do you eat the hard orange stuff near the skin after you've gagged on the pippy colourful slimy stuff in the centre......lol sorry fans!

rainrain1 - 2017-08-29 17:59:00

Love Tamarillos, and expecially as they are so good for you........BUT WHY ARE THEY SO DAM EXPENSIVE.
$1.25 each

korbo - 2017-08-29 20:47:00

I love tamarillos but must be a weirdo as take skins of in hot water, slice open and sprinkle with salt.
Was a really expensive craving to have 43yrs ago eek.

pamols - 2017-09-03 15:15:00

Love them to, breaky for me is Greek yoghurt a tam sprinkled with little sugar, when we can get them. Yum.

fifie - 2017-09-06 17:34:00

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bev00 - 2018-09-04 23:29:00

uli wrote:

They are expensive this year because of the heavy frosts. Even in Northland many orchards have been wiped out this winter. Luckily we do not get frosts and can harvest a bucket full every week at present.

..,gee wish I lived near you. saw them in s/mket $19.99 kg..Love them. I have 6 in the freezer as a trial to see how they go...

korbo - 2018-09-05 21:37:00

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bev00 - 2019-09-03 22:00:00