Brandywine tomato
Solanum lycopersicum · Fruit vegetable
Top 10 pairings
Brandywine is a large, lobed, often ribbed pink-red beefsteak heirloom, one of the most celebrated old-fashioned tomatoes among home gardeners. Its thin-skinned, deep pink-red fruit hides a dense, meaty flesh whose intensely rich, sweet-tart, balanced flavour is a benchmark by which many other heirlooms are judged, prized despite shy yields and a habit of cracking.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
Just ripeBuy itThe one to carry home. Firm enough to slice clean for salads and sandwiches.
ColourPink to light red, even
FleshFirm, yields to firm pressure
StemGreen calyx, clean dry scar
SmellFaint green-leaf note
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What you get from one
91%
Edible part
123 g · core and stem end out
135 g
Weight each
each one
65%
Juice
650 ml a kilo, sieved
Keeping ittap a temperature
Keep it at 10-13 C, never in the fridge. Below 10 C it turns mealy and loses aroma for good.
90-95%
Humidity
Loose, single layer
Airflow