Black jewels with bitter seeds. If they are too bothersome, cook the berries into a fruit sauce or jam and strain out the seeds. Lovely with cheese.
Our fruits are polyamorous, flitting from love affair to love affair.
However, they do marry well with the ingredients below.
Apple, apricot, blueberry, cherry, melon, nectarine, peach, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon
Soft or Crumbly Cheeses: Blue cheeses, chèvre, cottage cheese, cream cheese, crème fraîche, Gorgonzola, mascarpone, ricotta, sour cream, yogurt cheese
Almonds, hazelnuts
Allspice, cardamom, Chinese five spice powder, cinnamon, cloves, ground dried ginger, mace, nutmeg, star anise
Bourbon, brandy, champagne, cognac, rum, vermouth, whiskey, wine
Almond (Amaretto), apricot, blackberry, ginger, hazelnut (Frangelico), orange (Cointreau, Grand Marnier)
almond, orange, orange blossom water, rosewater, vanilla
Citrus: Lemon, lime, orange, blood orange, tangerine, Meyer lemon
Vinegars: Champagne, cider, white wine, herb vinegars, fruit vinegars
Herbs: Ginger, young ginger
Specialties: Crystalized ginger
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