Organic Box Questions

[ms_bracken]

We got this organic box on Wednesday, and in it was this fruit that no-one could seem to identify. Can you help? I am sorry about the crappy quality of the photos, if they are worse than useless the general feel of the thing is 'fleshy hand grenade'.

Comments

[notbbcnews24]

Experiementing with strange veg can often lead to trouble - it was years before I learned that strictly speaking Butternut Squashes should be cooked rather than eaten raw...

[miss_annersley]

Looks like an alphonse mango maybe? They are in season now in the local Bangladeshi shops...

[miss_annersley]

And as for celeriac - you can use it with potato to make mash (tho it can be a bit watery if you use it on its own), grate it raw for a remoulade with a mustardy mayonnaise, raw in salads, celeriac soup, I did a reasonably successful celeriac gratin with a tomato sauce and parmesan on the top; it can also be roasted but I don't think that's necessarily the best thing to do with it...

[ms_bracken]

Ha! I knew it was a fruit. Himself was convinced it was a smaller kind of squash...

We made a roast tonight, by the way, with which we had celeriac mash -thanks for the tips, I'm sure it's going to be a feature in these boxes if it's in season!

[slightlyfoxed]

If it turns up again, I'd soup the celeriac -

- sweat an onion and a lot of garlic until soft
- chop celeriac into medium sized cubes
- add stock and boil for ten minutes/until celeriac is tender but still firm
- add some thread noodles to create strange gloopy delight
- sprinkle with parmesan