Medjool date
Phoenix dactylifera 'Medjool' · Fruit
Top 10 pairings
The Medjool is the king of dates — a large, plump, soft-textured date with a deeply wrinkled, glossy dark reddish-brown skin and a thick, almost fudgy flesh that tastes of caramel, toffee and brown sugar. Where firmer semi-dry varieties like the Deglet Noor are chewy and chip away in dry flakes, the Medjool is moist, yielding and intensely honeyed, the date most prized for eating out of hand and for stuffing.
Picking a good onedrag
Crisp, yellow, astringentHard, sugared or fermenting
GlossyPeak eatingEat as they are, stuffed with almond, walnut or blue cheese.
SkinGlossy amber-brown, skin whole
SqueezeGives right through, springs back
SmellHoney, brown sugar, some caramel
Stem endSmall dry cap still tight in place
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What you get from one
92%
Edible part
24 g flesh · one hard pit, 8% of it
26 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 6× longer than the counter.
70-75%
Humidity
Sealed, not vented
Airflow