Fruit Maven » tangelo http://fruitmaven.com Your guide through the wild world of fruit. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 10 Ways to Cook with a Tangerine http://fruitmaven.com/2010/02/10-ways-to-cook-with-a-tangerine/ http://fruitmaven.com/2010/02/10-ways-to-cook-with-a-tangerine/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:04:39 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=2081 I am seriously in love with tangerines. I know they are all actually mandarins, but for some reason using that word seems pretentious to me, somewhat akin to appositely using the word “apposite” in a sentence outside of language arts class. Anyway, I grew up calling them all tangerines and so it will be. As it turns out the use of the word tangerine appears to be fairly regional anyway. (Sidenote to all soda and pop lovers: I call it all coke. Solves everything.)

Despite this love, I had no idea there were so many tangerines in the world. No. Idea. I have reviewed quite a few mandarins and related hybrids (Page, Satsuma, Kishu, Mandarinquat, Rangpur Lime, Ugli Fruit) and I have tasted a few more that haven’t made it on to the site yet: Clementines, Cuties, Pixies, Honey, Algerian, Shasta (a favorite) and Sunburst. But there are so, so many more. It’s ridiculous. So I thought I would round up some ideas for you (for me really – let’s not kid ourselves). Pretty much all of these can be made with various oranges as well (see Cara Cara, Sanguinello, Moro). Let me know if you have more. As you might imagine, my fridge is full.

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10 Ways to Cook with a Tangerine
  1. Butter baking dish, sprinkle with tangerine zest and fill with contents from baked pasta recipe (red and/or white sauce). You will be shocked at how delicious this tastes.
  2. Whip some fresh cream. Fold in a bit of fine zest and a tablespoon of rum. Use to top all kinds of desserts or just dip fingers and lick.
  3. Boil a few sliced in half (can add limes, lemons, mandarinquats, whatever citrus you have) with a stick of cinnamon and a bit of fresh ginger. Strain into mug and add honey.  Drink and stay healthy.  (thanks keri)
  4. Mix 1T zest with 1C sugar. Pulse in food processor to blend. Use wherever you use sugar.
  5. Juice one tangerine and mix with equal amount of champagne. Indulge.
  6. Place a small sprig of rosemary and the zest of a tangerine in a food processor and pulverize. Mix with half cup of fine sea salt and spread out on a tray to dry (5 hours+). Pat on to fish, shrimp, beef, pork or chicken. Drizzle with oil and grill.
  7. Add segments to your favorite coleslaw.
  8. Peel tangerine and blend with milk, ice and ice cream (best with a seedless type). Pour into old fashioned mug and grab a straw.
  9. Mix a bit of zest, a squeeze of juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Toss with fresh cut green beans or asparagus and roast at 425 degrees until tender.
  10. Mix up a batch of chamomile tea. Squeeze in some tangerine juice and pour into popsicle molds or an ice cube tray with tooth picks. Freeze and enjoy. Turn up the heat, throw on some shorts and pretend it’s summer.

You might also be interested in: 10 Ways to Cook With a Lime

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APPEARANCE 2.5 out of 5 stars

Extremely large, bumpy, green and yellow fruit with a knobby end and a squatty shape; warm, yellowish orange flesh.

AROMA 4 out of 5 stars

Soft tangerine fragrance; not acidic at all; slightly reminiscent of soap but not in a bad way.

TEXTURE 4 out of 5 stars

Very thick pith, but easy zipper peel once you can get the first bit off. Once you get to the flesh, the skin of each segment is a little thick, but the the inside is lusciously soft and juicy. Very few seeds!

TASTE 5 out of 5 stars

The first word that comes to mind is “soft”. It is a mellow, smooth tangerine style flavor with very little acidity. In a way, it reminds me of perfect and flavorful green grapes.

OVERALL 3.88 out of 5 stars

This is definitely the ugly duckling of the citrus world. Its soft, smooth texture is amazing and I want to suck the juice out of the segments bit by bit. The texture of the skin on the segments is unfortunate because honestly this might be my favorite snacking citrus ever. It is so extremely easy to eat. I just want to slurp, slurp, slurp it up.

FRUIT

Tangelo

VARIETY

Ugli

PEAK

Winter

ORIGIN

Jamaica

GROWN

Jamaica

PROVIDED BY

Specialty Produce
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NOTES

This fruit is also marketed as Uniq Fruit. Yeah – and it has a nice personality too. Sure. Good try marketers.

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