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When you are in the mood for something special - you need a Loquat Liquor. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

When you are in the mood for something special - you need a Loquat Liquor

When you are in the mood for something special - you need a Loquat Liquor
When you are in the mood for something special - you need a Loquat Liquor. This is what you do with so many loquat fruit.

🍑 Loquat tree is an excellent choice for any garden, as it is quite cold hardy, drought-, poor soil- and salt tolerant. The delicious fruit look and taste similar to apricots, but there is only one problem: there are too many of them! Make Loquat the perfect fruit for an easy home winery...

🍹 Loquat Liquor recipe

Wash loquat fruit and slit in 4-5 places. You may leave seeds in for Apricot-nutty flavor similar to Amaretto. Combine fruit with vodka and sugar in a wide mouth jar and cover. Stir fruit once a day until sugar is dissolved. Then stir once a week for 4 weeks. Drain liquid and strain through fine cheesecloth. Enjoy!

You can dispose the used fruit but we usually give it a second life: add water, bring to boil, let sit, chill, and it will make another (almost non-alcoholic) drink!

  • ✔️ 3 quarts of loquat fruit
  • ✔️ 1 quart vodka
  • ✔️ 3 cups sugar
  • ✔️ vanilla to taste (optional)


📚 From previous posts:
🎥 YouTube video about Loquat
📁 Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes (PDF)

🛒 Shop Loquat varieties

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How to make a jam with Surinam Cherry. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to make a jam with Surinam Cherry

How to make a jam with Surinam Cherry
🍒 How to make a jam with Surinam Cherry

Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora), often used as a hedge in Southern landscapes, also has a tasty fruit with a unique flavore. The black-fruit variety Lolita is especially valuable - the fruit is large, dark red to almost black, very juicy and sweet. It fruits profusely and there will be enough fruit for preserves too!

🎀 Surinam Cherry Jam

  • ✔️ 4 cups seeded Surinam Cherries
  • ✔️ 2 cups sugar
  • ✔️ 1 cup water


🍷Combine the sugar and water, bring to boil and add cherries. Cook slowly for 20 to 25 min until the mixture thickens slightly. Pour into sterilized jars and seal.

🛒 Plant your own Surinam Cherry

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How to make an exotic treat: Barbados Cherry Jelly. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to make an exotic treat: Barbados Cherry Jelly

How to make an exotic treat: Barbados Cherry Jelly
🍒 How to make an exotic treat: Barbados Cherry Jelly

Barbados Cherry is a vigorous grower that starts producing right away, and by the second year you have so much fruit that you don't know what to do with it - you can eat only so much fruit out of hand! Earlier we shared a recipe of delicious Barbados Cherry Juice drink. The juice tastes very similar to Guava juice: it is very aromatic and tasty, and has a beautiful Baby-pink color. The Jelly recipe is even more exotic teat!

🎀 Barbados Cherry Jelly

  • ✔️ 4 cups cherry juice
  • ✔️ 5 cups sugar
  • ✔️ 1 package dry pectin
  • ✔️ 2 tbsp lemon juice

  • 🍷To fully ripen cherries, place them in plastic container, cover and leave overnight. Cherries will be dark, rich red color the next day.

  • 🍷To make juice: Place cherries in a pan, cover with water, bring to boil. Crush cherries and simmer for a few minutes. Strain.

  • 🍷Add pectin and bring to a boil again. Add sugar and lemon juice and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and skim off foam. Pour into sterilized glass and seal.


📚 From previous posts:

🛒 Order Barbados Cherry Tree

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How to make an improved Avocado sandwich. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to make an improved Avocado sandwich

How to make an improved Avocado sandwich
How to make an improved Avocado sandwich.

  • 💚 Ingredients    :

  • · 1 ripe avocado
  • · 2 slices of your favorite bread (whole grain, sourdough, etc.)
  • · 1 small tomato, sliced
  • · 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
  • · A handful of fresh spinach or arugula
  • · 1-2 tablespoons of hummus or mayonnaise
  • · Salt and pepper to taste
  • · Optional: A squeeze of lemon juice, red pepper flakes, or a fried egg


💚 Instructions:

  • · Toast the slices of bread until they're golden and crispy.
  • · Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit, and scoop the flesh into a bowl. You can either slice it or mash it with a fork until smooth, then season with salt, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon juice if desired.
  • · Spread hummus or mayonnaise on one slice of the toasted bread.
  • · Layer the avocado, sliced tomato, red onion, and fresh spinach or arugula.
  • · Top with the second slice of bread (optional).
  • · Cut the sandwich in half and serve immediately.


🍿 Enjoy!

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