Red Tamarillo Lemonade
I love Tamarillos… also called tree tomatoes, deliciously tangy and they are packed with massive doses of vitamin C.
Originally from South America and was first cultivated in Peru, Boliva, Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina. Now, this fruit has become popular in Africa, India, Nepal, China, Australia, United States, New Zealand, and Hong Kong.
It was New Zealand that really brought the tamarillo into the mainstream fruit market, (go NZ) and even gave the food its name during a marketing push in 1967 as some marketing guru thought that 'tree tomato' was too confusing and sounded just like a regular tomato.
They are best when purchased firm and glossy on the outside. Cut them up, use the skins in this recipe as you will discard them anyway. If you are eating them raw, they are better when peeled as the skin is a little bitter and twisted! hahaha
Whether scooping the fruit raw or flash cooking it, the meat of the tamarillo can be used in smoothies, made into chutney, refined into hot sauce, and cooked down into a topping for egg dishes, roast chicken, or pasta. Try mixing tamarillo into curry, bake it into muffins, or use to top a breakfast porridge. In general, think of a tamarillo as the dessert version of a tomato and use it anywhere a tangy, sweet, and somewhat savory fruit might go.
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Need
- 100 Grams raw sugar
- 200 - 300 Grams ice cubes, plus some more for serving
- 2 limes pithy ends removed
- 2 lemons, pithy ends removed, quartered
- 2 tamarillos, stalk end removed
- 500 - 900 Grams sparkling mineral water plus more as needed BUY
- Lime slices to garnish
- fresh mint to garnish
Do
- 1
Place sugar into Thermomix bowl and mill 10 sec/speed 10.
- 2
Add ice, all the fruit and approximately 300-400g water. Press Turbo 1 sec/2-3 times.
- 3
Strain through basket and add remaining water to taste. Garnish and serve over more ice.
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Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
