Another seasonal Turkish food discovery - bergamot
Anyone seen these before? We went to Cafe Pazar yesterday to arrange a hire car for Monday and to wish our friends a Merry Christmas. As we were sitting and chatting, one of our friends walked in with another man and they were carrying these. Apparently, they are called bergamot.I've done a quick investigation on Google Images and typically, these two lumpy fruits do not resemble any of the photos on there. Maybe these are special Turkish bergamot! They're from our friend's mum's tree in her front garden, so they definitely grow here in Fethiye, and she had just made the jam/jelly that you can see in the middle of the two fruits. It was still warm and really aromatic. A bit like a mild, perfumed marmalade. Pleasant on the taste buds.
Bergamot is also the fruit that is used to make Earl Grey tea and the oil from the fruit is used in the fragrance industry. It's the rind and the skin that is used as the fruit inside is really sour. Yet more useful / useless pieces of information we have learnt since starting Turkey's For Life! Thought it was a nice one to leave you with over Christmas.
To all of you who read Turkey's For Life;
thanks for reading and, if you celebrate it, have a fabulous, merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
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