Sukkari date
Phoenix dactylifera · Fruit
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The Sukkari is the Saudi connoisseur's date — a soft, plump, golden-to-amber fruit whose very name comes from the Arabic sukkar, "sugar." Grown above all in the Al-Qassim region of central Saudi Arabia, it is famed for an intense, almost confectionery sweetness carried in a soft, melting, faintly crystalline flesh that many describe as creamy or fudge-like. Prized as a premium gift date and a fixture of Saudi hospitality, it is eaten both crisp and pale at the early stage and soft, honeyed and amber once fully ripe.
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