Alpine strawberry
Fragaria vesca · Berry
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The alpine strawberry, known in French as fraise des bois or strawberry of the woods, is the cultivated form of the wild woodland strawberry, a different species from the familiar garden fruit. It is a tiny, slender, deeply conical berry, often no longer than a fingertip and a fraction of the weight of a supermarket strawberry, that ripens to an intense deep red and carries a concentrated, perfumed, sweet-tart wild aroma far stronger than its size suggests.
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UnderripeOverripe
Red to the capBuy itIt hulls and slices cleanly for tarts and salads, and keeps a few days in the fridge.
ColourRed over the whole surface
SmellSweet when you lift the lid
FleshFirm, barely yields
StemGreen and fresh, lying flat
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What you get from one
94%
Edible part
12 g · cap off
13 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 5× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Vented, never sealed wet
Airflow