Seville orange
Citrus x aurantium · Citrus
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The Seville or bitter orange is a deep-orange, round, thick rough-skinned citrus far too sour and bitter to eat out of hand, but whose intensely aromatic peel and tart, pip-filled juice make it the definitive orange for marmalade, for bigarade sauce and for flavouring liqueurs such as Cointreau and Grand Marnier.
Picking a good onedrag
Just pickedDried out
Market freshBuy itThe everyday orange: still heavy, peels clean, juices well
WeightSolidly dense
RindFirm, faint give, still smooth
ButtonDry brown, still attached
SmellClearly fragrant at the skin
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What you get from one
73%
Edible part
131 g flesh · peel and pips out
179 g
Weight each
each one
48%
Juice
86 g from a medium orange
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 4× longer than the counter.
90–95%
Humidity
Ventilated
Airflow