Commodity Selling Lore – Fruit – Exotics Part 6 – Kumquat

The smallest of all known citrus fruits is called kumquat (also dwarf bitter orange or dwarf orange). It thrives in all subtropical areas where oranges also grow. In the German trade, the season runs during the fall and winter months. The supplies come mainly from Morocco, Italy, Israel, Spain, Brazil and the Usa.

In the trade, the dwarf oranges keep for about two weeks if stored in a cool and dry place. They are sold by weight.

Fresh kumquats are eaten with the peel and the small, soft seeds. Halved or sliced, they are also used to garnish cold buffets, fruit salads or pies. Frozen, they are added to cocktails instead of ice cubes. In the U.S., kumquats are also a popular decoration on Christmas trees. Recipe suggestion : Vanilla pots with candied kumquats

Stir the egg yolks with the sugar. Stir in the vanilla sugar, the scraped vanilla pod and the salt. Gradually whisk in the milk until the sugar is dissolved.

Then stir in the cream and let the mixture rest for 1 hour.

Pour the egg cream into small pots and poach in a water bath at 80 °C (oven temperature 160 °C ) for 30-40 min. Cool and put in the refrigerator for one night with the lid closed.

For the candied kumquats, melt the sugar in the water, let it boil and make it into syrup in another five min. Rinse the fruit very well and cut in half.

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