Adventures In Produce – Star Fruit

Last week Ryan and I started our Adventures In Produce series. We have decided to buy a new fruit or veggie, something we have never tried before, about once a week and then blog about it. This week’s produce adventure was a fruit called the star fruit. We actually tried this one a few days ago but I wasn’t able to get to bloggin’ as much this week because we are enjoying some fun family time.
I have heard a lot of different things about the origins of this particular fruit and most of the claims say it is a tropical sweet used in a lot of Thai recipes. Whatever it is it looked ugly until we cut it open.

When we found the star fruit at the farmers market about a quarter mile from our house I was drawn in by its fragrance. I knew that I would probably like a fruit that had such a delicious smell. They were $1 a piece though so we only got one.

We let it ripen a little more on the counter because it was still a little green and I was told to eat it when it was yellow. It still had a little bit of greenish on it when we cut it open but I am pretty sure that is okay.