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Seasons/Availability
Ugli™ fruit is available from Jamaica on a limited basis typically winter through spring and is best adapted to tropical climates. This unique fruit is available from Florida in early summer.
Description/Taste
Ugli™ fruit, pronounced OO-gli, is wrapped in a rough, puffy, slightly loose-fitting greenish-yellow to orange baggy fragrant skin. Ranging in size from an overgrown navel orange to a hefty grapefruit, the nearly seedless pinkish-orange or sunshiny yellow-orange pulp contains tender large juice sacs that offer a soft fleshiness. The fruit is similar to a grapefruit with one important distinction: It is sweet, unlike the grapefruit and does not have a tart after taste. The older the fruit looks on the outside, the sweeter it is on the inside. Its acid-sweet, zesty, pungent flavor is somewhat reminiscent to that of an orange. Some fans say it tastes more like a mandarin with faint overtones of pineapple or honey.
Nutritional Value
A good source of vitamin C, Ugli™ fruit is high in fiber.
Applications
Despite its thick skin, this odd looking fruit is easy to peel. Cut fruit holds an abundant amount of wonderful juice. Possibly addicting, sprinkle halves lightly with sugar and let sit for a minute or two. Scoop out fruit with a serrated spoon. Mix sections in fruit and vegetable salads. To enhance flavor, pair with avocado and, remarkably, sweet onions will bring out its best flavor. Bitter herbs and leaves also love to be near this fruit such as chicory and radicchio. Grapes, bananas and strawberries enjoy its company, too. Great in compotes or gelatin molds. Use grated rind as flavoring. Candy the peel for a sweet snack. Refrigerate only if fruit is not to be used within a couple of days. Refrigerated fruit keeps about three weeks.
Geography/History
A fairly new citrus fruit and native to Jamaica, the name Ugli™ fruit is a trademarked name that came to be when it made its rather unattractive marketing debut. Ugli™ fruit is said to be a cross between Citrus reticulata and Citrus paradisi or Citrus grandis, which is actually a grapefruit and an orange or tangerine…or maybe its heritage stems from a mandarin. Food historians say this fruit’s beginning is questionable. Citrus growers agree that the mandarin is a possible source but some say it was a pummelo instead of a grapefruit. Discovered in Jamaica, this fruit began as a chance seedling by a gentleman named F.G. Sharp at Trout Hall and was exported in 1934 by his son.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Ugli™ Fruit. One
is easiest, three is harder.
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Seasons/Availability
Ugli™ fruit is available from Jamaica on a limited basis typically winter through spring and is best adapted to tropical climates. This unique fruit is available from Florida in early summer.
Description/Taste
Ugli™ fruit, pronounced OO-gli, is wrapped in a rough, puffy, slightly loose-fitting greenish-yellow to orange baggy fragrant skin. Ranging in size from an overgrown navel orange to a hefty grapefruit, the nearly seedless pinkish-orange or sunshiny yellow-orange pulp contains tender large juice sacs that offer a soft fleshiness. The fruit is similar to a grapefruit with one important distinction: It is sweet, unlike the grapefruit and does not have a tart after taste. The older the fruit looks on the outside, the sweeter it is on the inside. Its acid-sweet, zesty, pungent flavor is somewhat reminiscent to that of an orange. Some fans say it tastes more like a mandarin with faint overtones of pineapple or honey.
Nutritional Value
A good source of vitamin C, Ugli™ fruit is high in fiber.
Applications
Despite its thick skin, this odd looking fruit is easy to peel. Cut fruit holds an abundant amount of wonderful juice. Possibly addicting, sprinkle halves lightly with sugar and let sit for a minute or two. Scoop out fruit with a serrated spoon. Mix sections in fruit and vegetable salads. To enhance flavor, pair with avocado and, remarkably, sweet onions will bring out its best flavor. Bitter herbs and leaves also love to be near this fruit such as chicory and radicchio. Grapes, bananas and strawberries enjoy its company, too. Great in compotes or gelatin molds. Use grated rind as flavoring. Candy the peel for a sweet snack. Refrigerate only if fruit is not to be used within a couple of days. Refrigerated fruit keeps about three weeks.
Geography/History
A fairly new citrus fruit and native to Jamaica, the name Ugli™ fruit is a trademarked name that came to be when it made its rather unattractive marketing debut. Ugli™ fruit is said to be a cross between Citrus reticulata and Citrus paradisi or Citrus grandis, which is actually a grapefruit and an orange or tangerine…or maybe its heritage stems from a mandarin. Food historians say this fruit’s beginning is questionable. Citrus growers agree that the mandarin is a possible source but some say it was a pummelo instead of a grapefruit. Discovered in Jamaica, this fruit began as a chance seedling by a gentleman named F.G. Sharp at Trout Hall and was exported in 1934 by his son.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Ugli™ Fruit. One
is easiest, three is harder.
