Kumquat is a small evergreen shrub. It is grown in China, Japan, southern Europe, the Middle East, and the southern United States. The kumquat fruit is the smallest of the citrus fruits, its length is no more than four centimeters. The fruits have a strong pleasant aroma, bright orange color and unusual taste.
Instructions
Step 1
Eat fresh kumquat with the skin and cut into slices. The skin of the kumquat is thin and has a slightly tart taste. If it looks too sour, cut and dry it. Use the peel to add to various dishes, tinctures.
Step 2
Decorate your holiday table with colorful miniature kumquats. Pieces of fruit can be strung on skewers for sandwiches, decorate hot and cold dishes with them. Garnish fruit salads with kumquat.
Step 3
Serve sliced kumquat fruit as an original snack with strong drinks like cognac and whiskey, or stick kumquat slices on cocktail glasses.
Step 4
Make a refreshing, sweet and sour juice from the kumquat fruit. Add it to martini instead of orange juice, or to gin and tonic instead of lemon. Pour some juice into the chicken or fish marinade. It will add a fresh citrus flavor to your dishes.
Step 5
Kumquats are also eaten processed. Make original sweet and sour sauces from fruits for meat or vegetables, or bake meat with them. It goes very well with this citrus pork: rub the meat with salt, bake it in the oven for about an hour. Then add the whole kumquat fruit to the dish and keep it in the oven for another ten minutes.
Step 6
Use kumquat for a variety of desserts. Add it to fruit salads. These fruits go well with yogurt and cottage cheese. Very tasty and aromatic are obtained from candied kumquat, jam and preserves.
