Mara des Bois strawberry
Fragaria × ananassa · Berry
Top 10 pairings
Mara des Bois is a French everbearing strawberry bred to capture the intense perfume and sweetness of the tiny wild fraise des bois in a fruit large enough to grow and sell. A rounded, glossy, deep-red berry, it is one of the most aromatic of the garden strawberries — a dessert fruit whose reputation rests entirely on flavour and scent rather than on size, shelf life or looks, prized across French markets and gardens since the early 1990s.
Picking a good onedrag
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