Fruit and vegetables Plentiful supplies of tamarillos

Press, 10 August 1979, Page 2

Fruit and vegetables Plentiful supplies of tamarillos

Tamarillos from the Bay of Islands will be plentiful in 1 Christchurch fruit shops for i the next few weeks. 1 Plentiful supplies of tama- ’ rillos were available at the Christchurch produce mar- ' kets yesterday and they met a good demand. They can be ■ expected to be in abundant . supply for the next few months as the season reaches its peak. Mandarins are also plenti. I ful at the lowest prices seen for some time — between , $lO and $l4 an 18 kg case. . Cold weather has reduced i the demand for salad vege- I tables such as tomatoes and 1 lettuces, and prices have | slipped accordingly. Lettuces ' have been plentiful, with | shipments from Nelson and j Oamaru coming unusually l early in the season after a , mild June and July. The top price for lettuce I yesterday morning was $lO a case, although they sold up 1 to $l2 a case the previous , week and even higher the ! week before. Carrots and parsnips were in surprisingly good supply considering the recent cold ; snap. Many were apparently i dug on Wednesday, in spite of the snow. Southland swedes sold up to $3.50 a bag. Potatoes still sold well at prices similar Jp last week. The premium Black Soil Chippewas made between $4 and $4.50 a bag, while Ham Hardies fetched about $2.30 and Ruas at $2.50 a bag. Pumpkins are rising in price as local supplies diminish. They have lasted longer this season, but with the introduction of northern supplies are now rising to $8 a bag, compared with $5 last week. Stringless beans were flown in from Rarotonga this week and sold at $3 a kiloPaw paws arrived on the same flight and realised $15.80 a carton of six.

Black plums and nectarines i from California sold for $l7 ; and $2O a tray respectively. | Each plum, for example, was I worth about 50c. < Last week’s shipment of < Ecuadorean bananas is still < i 1

available. They fetched about $11.85 a case. More will be on sale next week. Australian navel oranges were selling well. Their New Zealand counterparts should be in season by the end of the month. This week’s recipe TAMARILLO SHORTCAKE S tamarillos cun water teaspoon orange rind : cup crystallised ginger cup sugar I cups flour pinch salt 2 cooking apples I cup sugar 3 tablespoons orange juice 100 gm butter 1 egg 1 teaspoon baking powder icing sugar. Method: Skin tamarillos then peel and core apples. Chop fruit roughly and stew together gently with water and first measure of sugar until tender. Add orange

rind, juice, and chopped ginger. Allow to cool. Prepare shortcake by creaming butter and sugar then add egg, sifted flour, baking powder and salt until a stiff dough is formed- Chill if necessary, then roll out into two circles. Place one circle in a flan tin and spread the cooled fruit mixture on top. Place second circle on top. Bake at 180 deg for about 40 minutes or until golden brown and serve hot, dusted With icing sugar.