Adriatic fig
Ficus carica 'Adriatic' · Fruit
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The Adriatic is the classic white, or strawberry, fig — a pale green-to-yellow fruit whose thin skin barely hints at the shock of vivid pink-to-strawberry-red, intensely sweet, jammy flesh inside. Among the sugariest of all common figs, it is instantly recognised for the contrast of a soft green-gold exterior against a bright crimson interior, and it has long been the backbone fig of fig bars and the drying tray, where its sugar collapses into a chewy, candy-sweet morsel.
Picking a good onedrag
Firm, neck straightSplit, weeping, souring
DroopingPeak rawEat as it is: torn over cheese, cured ham or cream.
Neck and stemNeck bent, the fruit hanging heavy
Weight and giveHeavy for size, yields to a touch
SkinFine lines at the shoulder, skin dry
Smell at the eyeWarm, honeyed, faintly floral
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What you get from one
99%
Edible part
50 g · just the stem off
51 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 2× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Single layer, loosely covered
Airflow