Pomelo - when is it ripe?
In the supermarket you can usually find large (pomelos often weigh around 500 grams, but can weigh up to a kilogram) fruits with a yellow or yellow-orange, smooth and shiny skin. Even if these pomelos look very tempting - choose the ones with the rather matt and slightly wrinkled skin. Such fruits usually taste much sweeter. By the way, so-called “honey pomelos” mostly come from China and taste exactly as they are called: honey-sweet. If the pomelo tastes dry, it was already too old.
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When are the fruits on my pomelo tree ripe?
Unfortunately, the likelihood that you will actually be able to harvest ripe (and edible) fruit from your pomelo tree is slim. Pomelos usually bloom between May and June, but the fruits do not ripen until November and need a lot of warmth and sun for the ripening process. But since it is naturally dark and cold here in winter, the necessary conditions for ripening fruits are not given here. If you really want to harvest citrus fruits, it is better to use lemons, tangerines or kumquats.
How can you eat the pomelo?
As a rule, pomelos are eaten as a fruit, but you can peel them like an orange.
- First remove the fruit rind.
- Disassemble the individual segments and peel off the tough skin.
- Alternatively, you can cut the fruit in half.
- Then use a knife to loosen the juice sacs from the walls of the segments.
- Now you can take them out with a spoon and eat them.
Pomelos (which, like all citrus fruits, also belong to the berries) are less juicy than other citrus fruits and are therefore rarely used to make fruit juice. The thick albedo, as the up to four centimeters thick, white layer between the skin and pulp inside the fruit is called, is sometimes candied without the outer skin and used as a sweet or as an ingredient in food and baked goods.
Nutritional values of the pomelo
The amount of healthy ingredients in a pomelo varies and can vary greatly depending on the size and degree of ripeness of the fruit. 100 grams of pomelo contain on average:
- 45 kcal
- 10 grams of carbohydrates
- 0.8 grams of protein
- 41 milligrams of vitamin C.
- Potassium, calcium and magnesium
On the other hand, 100 grams of the sweet-bitter honey pomelo have the following values:
- 32 kcal
- 12 grams of carbohydrates
- 0.7 grams of protein
- 0.6 grams of fat
Pomelos are therefore very low in calories and are therefore ideal for a delicious and healthy snack. The fruit also tastes very refreshing in an exotic fruit salad.
Tips & Tricks
The pomelo also goes very well with rather hearty dishes. You can combine the fruit with a mixture of fresh lettuce and strips of roasted beef or chicken breast fillet. A light yogurt dressing or a vinaigrette made from olive oil and orange juice goes well with it.
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