Pineberry

The pineberry is said to combine the shape and texture of a strawberry with a flavour and smell　closer to that of a pineapple.

Grown in glasshouses, pineberries start off green, gradually turning paler as they ripen.

When the fruit is sweet and juicy enough to eat, the flesh is almost totally white but studded with red seeds - the reverse of the usual variety.

Discovered wild in South America and rescued from extinction by Dutch farmers, they can now be bought in Waitrose.


They are smaller than most commercially grown strawberries, measuring between 15 and 23mm across - slightly less than an inch.

パインベリーと呼ばれるフルーツで、まさにイチゴの真逆。

南米で発見されて市場では既に売られているらしい。

サイズは２㌢くらいで、味はパイナップル・・・。

不思議。一見練乳かかったイチゴみたい・・・。