Tropical fruits and vegetables to discover
Tropical fruits and vegetables, renowned for their bright colours and unique flavours, are a true invitation to travel. These products from warm, sunny regions offer not only an astonishing diversity of flavours, but also numerous health benefits. Dive into the world of these natural treasures and discover how to incorporate these delights into your cooking for a touch of freshness every day.
Honey pomelos

Distinguished by their pale, yellowish flesh, with more sweetness than grapefruit and less acidity. Eaten raw, they are delicious brushed with butter or sugar.
Passion fruit

Passion fruit have edible seeds covered in a highly aromatic, tart and gelatinous pulp.
Grenadille

Sweet and tangy flavour, eaten raw or in desserts or drinks.
Tamarillos

Part of the same family as tomatoes, chillies and eggplants. Its flesh is sweet and tangy. Eaten raw with a spoon, or in salads, jams or marinades.
Tomatillos

Covered with a thin membrane, they have a tangy flavour. Mainly used to prepare Salsa Verde.
Aloe Vera

Useful for soothing sunburn, but can also be eaten or juiced.
Yellow pitahayas (dragon fruit)

The sweetest variety of dragon fruit. They are eaten raw with a spoon.
Pitahaya (dragon fruit)

Dragon fruit boasts a mild taste and comes with a pulpy white flesh speckled with little black seeds similar to kiwis.
Pomegranates

Beneath their vibrant red peel hide hundreds of small, pulpy and flavourful seeds that are fully edible.
Papayas

Their tender, juicy and melt-in-your-mouth pulp has a subtle melon and raspberry flavour, and their seeds have a slightly peppery taste.
Rambutans

Behind their grisly appearance and nickname, hairy lychee, hides a white, translucent and extremely juicy pulp.
Cherimole

Stringy, tender and sweet, custard apples have a very fragrant strawberry and pineapple-like taste, but the seeds are not edible.
Figs

The many seeds called achenes give this fruit a crunchy and tender texture with a sweet taste.
Star fruit

The star-shaped slices of this fruit boast a translucent, crunchy, juicy and tart flesh.
Pineapples

Their bright yellow, juicy flesh is slightly tart with a highly fragrant and distinctive aroma.
Kiwis

Either green or yellow, these fruits have an equally sweet and tart taste and contain little black edible seeds.
Guavas

Their white, pink, or red sweet-tasting flesh is similar to that of strawberries and peaches.
Longans

Closely related to lychees, longans have an immensely sweet translucent and juicy flesh around a large pit known as the dragon's eye.
Plantain bananas

Also called cooking bananas, these bananas must be prepped and cooked like a vegetable due to their firm, mealy and slightly sweet flesh.
Coconuts

Within their thick brown and very hard shell hides water and a very fragrant white pulp to be enjoyed straight or roasted.
