Pluots Kitchen Basics

What can I do with a lot of Pluots?
What two fruits make up a pluot?
Can you eat the skin of a pluot?
What is the difference between a pluot and Plumcot?
Are Plumcots healthy?
What are green Plumcots?
Which fruit is a cross between a peach and a plum?
Where are pluots grown?
Are pluots GMO?
Do you refrigerate pluots?
What the heck is a pluot?
What is a Plumcot taste like?

What can I do with a lot of Pluots?

Add pluots to Fresh Melon Salsa, Peach and Cucumber Salsa, Avocado Mango Salsa or Fresh Pineapple Salsa. Serve with or sliced cheese or grilled meats, fish, tofu or tempeh. Make a pluot smoothie; spike it with nutmeg or cardamom. Eat pluots out of hand with dark chocolate.

What two fruits make up a pluot?

What Is A Pluot Fruit? This hybrid fruit is three parts plum and one part apricot, hence its name. They may look like plums on the outside but the inside they have the flesh of an apricot.

Can you eat the skin of a pluot?

Pluot are great for out of hand eating. You eat the outer size, no peeling necessary. ... For those that are turned off by the tartness you find in the skin of a lot of plums, you will find that pluot bring more sweetness to the table.

What is the difference between a pluot and Plumcot?

Here's a quick breakdown of the differences: Plumcots are 50-50 crosses between plums and apricots. Apriums are more apricot than plum and tend to have slightly fuzzy skins. Pluots (pronounced plew-oughts) are more plum than apricot and have smooth skin.

Are Plumcots healthy?

Plumcots are a good source of dietary fiber — essential for regular bowel movements and overall gastrointestinal health — with 3 grams per medium fruit. A medium plumcot contains 6 percent of your daily recommended vitamin A and 10 percent of the recommendation for vitamin C. The fruit also has 1 gram of protein.

What are green Plumcots?

Green pluots (Flavor Queen, Flavor Heart, Emerald Sweet, Mango Tango) are green with a red tinge and/or yellowish with pink to pale yellow flesh. Green pluots are very juicy and have a tropical fruit flavor.

Which fruit is a cross between a peach and a plum?

Nectarines ripen in May in the desert and some u-pick operations are in full swing and are marketing their crop to the public. A nectarine (Prunus persica) is a fuzzless variety of peach. It is not a cross between a peach and a plum. Fuzziness is a dominant trait of peaches.

Where are pluots grown?

Pluots were developed in California but grow very well in the stonefruit areas of New Zealand – commercially they are grown with plums in the orchards of Hawkes Bay and Central Otago, so you could assume they like cold dry winters and hot dry summers.

Are pluots GMO?

Fact: Pluots are a cross of two species in the same genus; but they aren't genetically modified. Floyd Zaiger, a farmer-geneticist, introduced pluots in the 1980s after cross-breeding plums and apricots by hand pollination, not genetic modification.

Do you refrigerate pluots?

Whole pluots should be stored at room temperature until ripened. Once ripe, the pluots can be kept whole in a bowl in the refrigerator and covered with Glad^® Press'n Seal^® wrap. Or, to store cut pluots, remove pits and cut fruit into chunks or wedges of desired size.

What the heck is a pluot?

Pluots are a type of fruit created by cross-pollinating plums with apricots. They are one of a handful of possible combinations, including apriums and plumcots, of these two fruits, each with its own slightly different flavor profile.

What is a Plumcot taste like?

Pluots don't have the bitter taste that you can sometimes find with plums. Instead, their flavor is brimming with sweetness. There are quite a lot of pluot varieties, most of which bear interesting names, like Dapple Dandy, Dinosaur Egg, Flavor Grenade and Flavorglo.