Dragon fruit
Selenicereus undatus · Tropical fruit
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Dragon fruit, or pitaya, grows on a climbing cactus. Under pink or yellow scales with green fins, its white or magenta flesh is speckled with tiny crunchy black seeds and tastes mild and gently sweet, like kiwi and pear.
Picking a good onedrag
Pink and green, firm, fins stiffWrinkled, soft, fins blackened
Full colourPeak rawHalved and scooped cold, or cubed onto a fruit plate.
SkinEven deep pink, waxy and bright
The finsGreen, tips starting to yellow
In the handSlight give, heavy for its size
Smell at the baseAlmost nothing, faintly melon
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What you get from one
66%
Edible part
185 g · skin and fins off
280 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Below about 7 °C the flesh turns translucent and flat. A 4 °C fridge is too cold for it.
90-95%
Humidity
Perforated bag or vented box
Airflow