This week's spontaneous purchase was this crazy little melon.
A pepino. I'd never seen/heard of one before and I was intrigued so I brought it home with me. And then had absolutely no idea what to do with it.
The skin was smooth like a tomato and I expected the flesh to be similar as well, but it was surprisingly melon looking when I cut into it; the seeds concentrated in the center like a miniature cantaloupe. But it was basically tasteless, a tiny hint of sweetness with an undertone of bitterness...but only if you tried really hard to find them.
Never having had one before I don't know if that's typical or not but I was determined not to waste it! So, treating it like a green tomato (which it also sort of resembled) I grabbed some bread crumbs, seasoned them a bit, dipped the slices in an egg wash followed by the bread mix and fried them up in a pan.
The results were actually pretty tasty. I was only missing a ranch sauce to dip them in!
Have you had any food adventures lately? Tasted something new or created something surprisingly tasty? Eaten one of these peculiar pepinos? (should I give them another shot or prepare them differently?) I'd love to hear about it!
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