[Marie P]

I got given a bag of Feijoa's today at work ,I got home ,proudly showed Dave thinking he would say what the divil is a Feijoa ,when he laughed ,went out to his van and came back with an even bigger bag full . :nice1 [His work mate gave him some too ]

They are yummy [but the kids wont try them ] ,so any ideas how I can use them as I've read that that they don't keep for very long .

Marie x

[Smiler]

F'thingy recipes

Muffins

http://www.pams.co.nz/Recipes/Detail.aspx?id=494

Easy Feijoa Cake.

Put into the kitchen peeled and chopped ripe Feijoa - approx 1 cup full. Add the following- 1/2 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 1/4 cup sugar, 75 grm Butter 1 tspn vanilla essence. Process together until smooth. Add 2 cus flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Powder and 1 teaspoon Baking soda,1/2 teaspn salt. Mix well.

Pour into well greased or Baking paper lined 20-23 cm cake tin and bake 40-45 mins at 180 degs C.

Ice with the following - 2 cups of icing sugar, 25 grm melted butter , grated rind and juice of one lemon. Mix all ingreds until smooth spreadable icing consistency. May have to add extra lemon juice depends on size lemons.

and I've seen them in jam but you will have to ask Moorf how to make it. She is the one with the floral pvc pinny and jam thermometer. *snigger* :D

You'll be eating them for days. Enjoy!

[jubjub]

By natural yogurt and mix them into that. Or have them with ice cream (maybe the kids will eat them then)

What other fruit would you say they are most like? May give me more ideas...

[Smiler]

or have as a topping on greek yoghurt :nice1Sal

[Marie P]

Thank you ladies .....will give it a whirl tomorrow ..... :nice1

Marie x

[Smiler]

Let us know Marie, I keep looking at them............................

[Marie P]

Smiler ......Put into the kitchen peeled and chopped ripe Feijoa - approx 1 cup full. Add the following- 1/2 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 1/4 cup sugar, 75 grm Butter 1 tspn vanilla essence. Process together until smooth. Add 2 cus flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Powder and 1 teaspoon Baking soda,1/2 teaspn salt. Mix well.


Can I use a bowl instead .....please...... :D It will be much easier to clean up afterwards .....

[Smiler]

teach me to skim read. :o







:laugh

[jubjub]

Yup, bowl is the way to go, I reckon.... I read that too, but kind of glossed over kitchen and read it as bowl!

Thats a good website for Pams Smiler....

[Oregonkiwi]

Feijoas are one thing I really miss! Apart from just cutting them in half and scooping out with a spoon and eating them, you can...
cook and eat as stewed fruit;
make jam, they do make a good jam;
my Mum makes a yummy "sponge pudding", cooked fruit topped with some sort of cake batter and baked in the oven;
freeze the pulp and figure out something to do with them later;
cakes, muffins etc - NZ cookbooks will have recipes;
I've heard of people making various beverages from them;
but i think they're best just eaten raw.
Every time I visit NZ I just seem to miss feijoa season. Next year for sure!

[katandbob]

Smiler ......Put into the kitchen peeled and chopped ripe Feijoa - approx 1 cup full. Add the following- 1/2 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 1/4 cup sugar, 75 grm Butter 1 tspn vanilla essence. Process together until smooth. Add 2 cus flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Powder and 1 teaspoon Baking soda,1/2 teaspn salt. Mix well.


Can I use a bowl instead .....please...... :D It will be much easier to clean up afterwards .....

:D and what the Heck is a Feijoa??????

:o dumb brit arnt I!...but not for long....7wks 5 days to go

Kat

[Oregonkiwi]

:D and what the Heck is a Feijoa??????

An excellent question! They aren't grown much outside NZ I think - although they come from South America - so no reason why you would know what they are. The feijoa (say fee-joe-ah) tree is shrubby and often grown as a hedge or just a nice small tree. They fruit very prolifically which is why everyone is always trying to give them away. The fruit looks like a green egg, about the size of an egg (bigger or smaller depending on variety), the skin is dark green and there's a whitish pulp inside. They've sometimes been called pineapple guava.
Another South American-turned-kiwi fruit to try is the tamarillo or tree tomato.

[Charlosparky]

Mmmm. I had a kiwi work with me in the UK a few years ago and he said the highlight of his week was going home after shopping- to open up the packets to taste and see what on earth he had bought!!!!(especially supermarket's own brand choccy bars and sauces) Every day at work he would ask to taste everyones packed lunches and write down brand names! Never crossed my mind that I would have the same problem when I got to NZ but looking forward to it alot :laugh

[StevieD]

So what do they taste like? And are they found out and about so you can keep yourself topped up with fruit as you walk around? Sounds good to me mmmm

And what other fruit is abundant in the wilds of NZ?

[Oregonkiwi]

And are they found out and about so you can keep yourself topped up with fruit as you walk around?

That depends on whether you'll be walking through people's gardens. :)

[kiwidebs]

That depends on whether you'll be walking through people's gardens. :)

:laugh :laugh :laugh

For some reason my Dad always says they taste like bananas, but I don't think they do. They are a taste all of their own and they are yummy. Ah, it's good to be back. (Gemma (4) has discovered them and loves them, Cameron (2) won't even try them. )
Debs

[Oregonkiwi]

Cameron (2) won't even try them.

Maybe you could tell him they're the green eggs from Green Eggs and Ham?

[Diny]

They are lovely. A very 'fresh' taste, almost like they are unripe. I always think along the lines of kiwi fruit crossed with a strawberry (taste wise).

They make an excellant juice drink (as long as you keep telling yourself it doesn't look like liquidized frog) and they're pretty darn good for shifting any blockages (get what I mean?).

As for tamarillos ..... love them !!!!!

Diny

[Marie P]

Well I've made 2 cakes :raebanana ......kids wont try em ....they keep saying have they got fruit in them .....

I'll bring some tomorrow Sal .

I ate so many whilst I was scooping out the flesh . :nice1

They kind of remind of banana's in a way ,but I agree have there own taste and texture .

I had enough to freeze a load too.

Marie x

[Moorf]

I thought they had a texture like pears - that sort of strange gritty but not gritty effect!

Great taste and they make lovely crumble... :nice1

[katandbob]

I thought they had a texture like pears - that sort of strange gritty but not gritty effect!

Great taste and they make lovely crumble... :nice1


mmmm, muffins (Marie) and Crumble (Moorf) to look forward too....all this excercise and watching what junk i am eating will have a reward after all ;)

Kat...Ps I have almost forgotton what cooking feels like! :nice1 (that and hoovering, dusting, washing, ironing........oooh what a shocK I am going to get hey girls :( )

[StevieD]

Ok - sound delicious, they are on my list, thanks for that. Just though that they may have been found in the wild! :laugh

[Moorf]

StevieD there are several feijoa trees around here in the wild, and walnut, and pear, apple and hazelnut... and probably more I haven't even seen yet, so yes, there are fruits to be had in the wild :yes - oh, just remembered theres a cherry down the lane too...

... and a plum...

[jubjub]

Well I've made 2 cakes :raebanana ......kids wont try em ....they keep saying have they got fruit in them .....

I'll bring some tomorrow Sal .



:nice1 :clap , swap you for one of Dinys choc muffins :yes

[katandbob]

we have conifers...wana swap :D


I remember there used to be a house round the corner that had a goosberry hedge....kids used to help themselves on the way to school!...ahhh...showing me age now :o

[StevieD]

Goosegogs mmmmm

Thanks moorf - as a lover of most things fruit and veg, I like the look of NZ :)

[Smiler]

They were $7.99 in New World today :(

[Oregonkiwi]

They were $7.99 in New World today :(

feijoas are hard to grow commercially because they bruise easily and don't travel well, so I think that's why they are expensive to buy. It's one of those ironies, that they're expensive to buy, but people who grow them in their back yards are trying to get rid of them.

[Tia Maria]

We discovered we had some feijoas in our back garden, a bit too late, when we asked the next door neighbour, what the fruit all over our lawn was. Luckily there are still on the tree to pick.

As to the taste - our 4 year old descibed them as "zingy"

Cheers

Tia

[Oregonkiwi]

We discovered we had some feijoas in our back garden, a bit too late, when we asked the next door neighbour, what the fruit all over our lawn was. Luckily there are still on the tree to pick.

Eat the ones that have dropped on the lawn, they're the ripe ones.

[jubjub]

Just made this, its YUM


Spiced Feijoa Cake

125g butter melted,
1 cup chopped feijoas,
1 cup sugar,
1 egg,
1 1/2 cups flour,
1 tsp salt,
1 tsp baking soda,
2 tsp cinnamon,
1 tsp allspice.

Topping:
1 1/2 Tbsp butter melted,
1/2 c rolled oats,
1/4 c brown sugar,
1 tsp white sugar.

Melt butter, remove from heat, add feijoas, sugar and egg. Beat well and fold in dry ingredients. Line cake tin. Pour mixture into tin. Combine topping and sprinkle over cake. Bake at 180*C 30-40 minutes till centre springs back when pressed lightly.

[StevieD]

Sal, what is the calorific content of this cake?? :laugh Looks very nice though mmm

[jubjub]

Sal, what is the calorific content of this cake?? :laugh Looks very nice though mmm

Its not all for me so I dont care :D , could take a pic to show you just how good it is, but a big mouse took a bit already :p

[StevieD]

Hey Sal, congrats, you got me to post my 1000th post! But seriously, the ingredients look like they make a mighty fine cake :)

Steve