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Buddhas Hand

Fruit

Description
Strange-looking Buddha's hand citron consists mostly of yellow-colored skin that looks like a huge rough seriously mutant lemon. The flesh inside is rather dry, can be either sweet or sour and offers a very subtle lemon flavor. It's no wonder how this odd shaped fruit acquired its very appropriate alias of "finger citron". The tentacles it produces have an uncanny resemblance to fingers. Offering a pleasantly unique and rather resinous fragrance, the Buddha's hand citron is used like grated lemon peel.

Grow Region
California

Storage Temperature
The peel from this very special citron is used the same as lemon peel and is excellent candied. Give its delicious flavor to candy, sorbets, sherbets and desserts. Experiment with this fun fruit to create great-tasting sauces, relishes, quick breads, puddings, custards, cookies, cakes and other baked goods. This eyebrow-raising fruit makes an excellent unusual decoration and garnish. To store, wrap in plastic; refrigerate in crisper drawer.

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Seasons/Availability
Locally grown in San Diego, California, the peak season for Buddha's Hand Citron is October and November.

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