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This Week’s Bag Featuring Longan! – October 30th, 2017

October 30, 2017 by Diane O'Neal

Longan, the juicy white edible fruit of the tropical longan tree, is also sometimes referred to as “dragon eye” and is comparable to a grape. Like the lychee, it’s part of the soapberry family, though it’s flavor has a drier sweetness and is typically a little less messy with it’s juiciness than the lychee. It’s earliest known existence dates back to the Han Dynasty in China, around 200 B.C.

Longans is a rich source of Vitamin C, Vitamin A and anti-oxidants. It also provides the minerals iron, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium.

Apart from being eaten fresh and raw, longan fruit is also often used in Asian soups, snacks, desserts, and sweet-and-sour foods, either fresh or dried, and sometimes preserved and canned in syrup. In Chinese food therapy and herbal medicine, it is believed to have an effect on relaxation.[12] When fresh, the flesh of the fruit is juicy and white, but when dried the flesh appears dark brown to almost black.

Preparation

Peel the skin and eat the white flesh around the seed.The seed and the shell are not consumed. When the shell is dried, it’s easy to squeeze the fruit out in a manner similar to cracking a sunflower seed. Longons keep well, offering perhaps better-than-fresh quality after a few weeks of storage.

Farms that grow Longan

Kamaaina Farms

What else is in the bag?

Punalu’u Ahupua’a Farms members check here for this week’s bag items.


Avocado
Kamaaina Land Nursery

Hau’ula Tomatoes
Green Grower’s

Lettuce
Kunia Country Farms

Longan
OK Farms

Mixed Salad Greens
Kahumana Organic Farm & Cafe

Zucchini
Ma’alae’a Farms

Try out these recipes!

Creamy Fennel and Greens Soup
Gratin of Beefsteak Tomatoes
Jalapeno and Chicken Stuffed Zucchini
Leafy Green Sesame Salad

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