Origin: South Africa

• Description
• Applications
• Storage
• Recipe

• Bright yellow or orange skin with reddish and juicy flesh inside. Has the same acidity as the regular oranges but with a distinctive bitter, sour taste and larger size a great snack in the middle of the day and a thirst reliever due to its juiciness nature.

• Most often eaten fresh in breakfast preparations, grapefruit may also be used in savory salads, baked dishes, or juiced into cocktails, vinaigrette or frozen desserts.

• Store it at room temperature if you plan to eat the fruit soon, because citrus fruits are always juicier when slightly warm. If planning to store grapefruit for a longer period, place the fruit in a plastic bag and store in your fridge crisper. Stored this way, grapefruits will last up to 6 weeks.

• Grapefruit Avocado Salad

  Ingredients:

  2 avocados, peeled and sliced
  2 grapefruits, peeled, segmented, seeds removed
  Lettuce
  1/2 shallot, minced (1 tablespoon)
  1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  1 1/2 teaspoons lime zest
  3 tablespoons lime juice
  1/2 cup olive oil
  1 teaspoon sugar
  1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  

  Instructions:

  1. In a small bowl, mix the vinaigrette ingredients.
     
  2. Arrange slices of avocados and grapefruit segments on a plate on a bed of a few lettuce leaves.
  3. Spoon dressing over the salad. And enjoy!