Tamarillo

Solanum betaceum

Tamarillos are in the same family as capsicum, potatoes, eggplant and tomatoes – in fact, it was once commonly call tree tomato. They can grow from a shrub to a small-sized tree, with hairy stems and branches and produces broad evergreen leaves compared to tomato plant. Plant: spring. Harvest:

PLANT

Spring.

HARVEST

Will bear fruits in their second year from planting, reaching full capacity to produce at around four years from planting. Ripe fruit are orange to dark red coloured and slightly soft to touch. Trees grow about 3 metres tall

EAT

Ripe tamarillos taste like crisp, sweet limes and are excellent raw in fresh salsas.

PRESERVE

Cook in sauces, jams or jellies.

RECIPES

Make this tamarillo chutney with your surplus tamarillos.