I’m not talking about the much hyped pomegranate and it’s known health benefits. No, I’m loving the pomelo.. have you ever heard of it? I just discovered them last year, where have I been? They are awesome if you are a citrus lover. I’m not crazy about a regular grapefruit,which my grandmother used to serve at breakfast faithfully with a spoon full of sugar sprinkled on top and a cherry sliced in half for good measure…and bribery perhaps. Ruby reds are pretty good… but a pomelo is divine.
According to citrus growers – The pomelo pronounced [pom-EH-loh] is also found spelled pommelo. Thought to be the ancestor of the grapefruit. This giant citrus (citrus grandus) fruit is native to Malaysia (where it still grows abundantly). It is also cultivated in California and Israel. Most of the varieties found today have been bred and grown. The rind is very thick but soft and easy to peel away. The resulting fruit is light yellow to coral-pink flesh and can vary from juicy to slightly dry and from seductively spicy-sweet to tangy and tart.
I got this recipe from http://www.foodandwine.com/ Today is a miserable rainy dreary day… what better to chase it away than a tropical drink that reminds you of the islands…
Pomelo Mojito
Ingredients
4 peeled sections of pomelo or grapefruit, chopped
6 mint leaves
2 tablespoons Roba Dolce blood orange sorbetto
1 1/2 ounces white rum
Ice
Club soda
1 lime wedge
Directions
1.In a cocktail shaker, muddle the pomelo with the mint and sorbetto Add the rum and ice and shake well. Pour into a highball glass. Top with club soda and garnish with the lime wedge.
Yes…I could use something like this to transport me back to the days of summer. It is 24 stinking degrees here!
XO,
Jane
Ohhhh, yumyumyumyum!!! That drink looks like a party and I could use one! My paddock is muddy, my horses are muddy and it is windy, rainy and now wet snow…I'm going to look in the grocery for this one!! xo Cait
Well you got my attention with this post … I'll be talking ancient history here, but back when Toma and I spent time in French Polynesia (the Marquesas in 1981-2 to be exact) we discovered what I remember the locals calling Pomhamoos. Maybe it was really Pomhelos and I just misheard. We would trade t-shirts, or whatever they deemed worth the trade, to get a good supply of that fruit for our boat. They were by far the best citrus that I can ever remember eating. And like all fruit/veggies they were best right off the tree. BTW, their avocados were as big as footballs, and would make enough guacamole for the whole marina. Thanks for the little trip down memory lane for me.
Yum! Going to try that at our next monthly gathering with friends! Thanks!
Well, I learned something today! I have never heard of a pommelo! So neat! I will have to look for those!
I'm not a huge citrus person – not a fan of grapefruits but I've heard a lot of people praise the pomelo!
Yum! It's be fun to have these around at breakfast time in the holidays…something special and tasty!
It's be fun? Yikes…we aren't that far out in the sticks…
THAT'S what those are????? Can't wait to buy them!
Ahhh lo Haaaa, baby!! Looks like we all need to head to the islands.. It's so cold here today though that I doubt I could hold a chilled drink in my hand without shivering a bit.
Nope! I have never seen those here. Do you suppose anyone in the Midwest knows what they are? We are last on the list for "exotics"…unless you count the pole dancers in the seedy old downtown area! Hugs-Diana
LOL! You are going to laugh…when I read POM…I immediately thought of POMERANIAN!!! Think I got dogs on the brain???? Sounds like an interesting recipe though!! And I really love your front door wreaths!!
Sounds great! I am going to tell Beth about it right away!