White nectarine
Prunus persica var. nucipersica · Stone fruit
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The white nectarine is a smooth-skinned nectarine whose flesh runs creamy white to pale ivory rather than gold, and whose defining trait is how little acid it carries. Where a yellow nectarine balances its sugar against a bright tang, a ripe white nectarine reads as purely, intensely sweet — honeyed, floral and almost candied — its glossy crimson-blushed skin sheathing a snowy, perfumed flesh that is prized above all for eating out of hand.
Picking a good onedrag
Rock-firm, green in the cavitySlack, cidery, weeping
Firm-ripeBuy itSlices clean and holds its edges: grilling, tarts, salads, a plate with prosciutto. Freestone types part from the pit here; clingstones never will.
Ground colourGround turned cream to gold
The squeezePresses in at the shoulder only
SmellFaint coconut-sweet at the stem
Stem cavityGlossy, cavity gone yellow
These cues are Nectarine's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
What you get from one
91%
Edible part
142 g · stone out, skin on
156 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 4× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Single layer, moving air
Airflow