Feijoa with honey, a recipe with a photo

Feijoa is an amazingly useful fruit with an unusual taste. Few people know, but there are several ways to diversify and complement the taste of this seasonal fruit, while retaining it for many months. Here are two of the simplest and delicious recipes from feijoa, each one will take no more than half an hour to cook.

Feijoa with honey and lemon, recipe

Necessary ingredients:

• feijoa - 1 kg
• honey - 1 tbsp
• lemon - 1 pc

Cooking method:

1. Lemon is peeled, cut, from it are extracted bones, which can give unnecessary bitterness
2. Feijoa cut into small pieces
3. Feijoa and lemon are ground in a blender to a homogeneous mass
4. In the resulting mixture is added honey, well mixed
5. Ready mix is ​​laid out on the banks and put in the refrigerator to insist, after 2-3 hours feijoa with honey and lemon can be tried, it is fully ready for use!

In the refrigerator, this mixture can be stored for several months, you can extend the shelf life with feijoa sugar, so that it forms a protective layer on the surface. Thanks to the beneficial properties of honey and lemon, especially such a mixture will be useful in the autumn-winter period as a preventive against colds, just a few teaspoons a day.

Feijoa with honey and walnuts, a recipe with a photo

Necessary ingredients:

• feijoa - 1 kg
• honey - 1 tbsp
• walnuts - 1 st (if desired, you can put a little more)

Cooking method:

1. Peeled walnuts are fried in the oven until crisp, usually 10 minutes
2. Fried nuts are ground in a mortar or a rolling pin on a board into small pieces, but not to the state of gruel. It will be very contrasting and tasty if the nuts are felt in a mixture of feijoa and honey
3. Feijoa is cut into small pieces and crushed in a blender until mashed
4. To crushed fruit, honey and nuts are added, the mixture is thoroughly mixed
5. The finished composition is decomposed into jars and sent to the refrigerator to be infused, after 2-3 hours the mixture is ready for use

If desired, walnuts can be replaced with hazelnuts or peanuts, the proportions and method of preparation do not change from this, it is a matter of choice and taste. However, among all of the above, walnut is the leader in the content of vitamins and nutrients, which we so lack, especially in winter.

Feijoa, cooked both first and second way, can be eaten as a separate dish, and this mixture can also be used as a fruit filling for ice cream, pie filling or impregnation for the cake cake. In any case, the combination of sourish fruit and sweet honey will do its job - the taste of dishes will be unique and memorable for a long time!