Physalis is a small gooseberry shaped fruit that grows in a grassy pocket on a branch; members of the nightshade family, they can be found growing in several places across the globe, most notably Mexico. The variety I tried is called Physalis Peruviana, otherwise known as the cape gooseberry.
Its colour and skin is similar to that of a Sharon fruit, maybe a cousin of it or a twice removed uncle or something. The texture and flavour is a strange mixture of tomato, kiwi and cucumber, leaving a slightly tart taste in the mouth. Apparently the fruit has a very high pectin content, meaning it lends itself well to jams and preserves (when I say "lends", I mean gets forcibly boiled and mashed against it's own will).
All in all the Physalis is a deliciously juicy fruit with a compendium of exotic flavours stuffed within. I'd like to have a bunch more to attempt some more adventurous culinary uses for them, but this time around I simply scarfed the entire packet down, scribbled some messy short-hand about their taste and quickly wrote this post before grabbing a packet of my favourite fruit of all.
Pork Scratchings.
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