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Kiwi

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French kiwis, grown in the South-West, are among the fruits richest in vitamin C. A real remedy for grey winter days.

Choosing itIt should give slightly under gentle pressure from your finger. Too hard and it’s sour; too soft and it’s bland.
Storing itStill firm: several weeks in the fridge. To ripen it, place it next to an apple.
Top tipDon’t mix it with dairy products in advance: an enzyme in kiwi makes them bitter.
Kiwi and passion fruit pavlovaDessert · Prep 30 min · Cook 1 hr 30 · Serves 8 · Medium

A meringue that is crisp outside and soft inside, with whipped cream and tangy fruit.

Ingredients for 8

  • 4 egg whites
  • 200 g sugar
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 1 tsp cornflour
  • 300 ml very cold whipping cream
  • 30 g icing sugar
  • 4 kiwis
  • 2 passion fruit

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 120 °C.
  2. Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks, add the sugar a little at a time until you have a glossy meringue, then the vinegar and the cornflour.
  3. Shape a 22 cm disc on a baking tray and bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. Leave to cool in the switched-off oven.
  4. Whip the cream with the icing sugar.
  5. Top the meringue with cream, sliced kiwis and passion fruit pulp at the last minute.
Thermomix version
  1. Clean, dry bowl, butterfly whisk: add the egg whites, whisk 4 min/speed 3.5, adding the sugar a little at a time through the hole in the lid. Add the vinegar and cornflour, 10 s/speed 3.
  2. Shape and bake the meringue.
  3. Clean, cold bowl, butterfly whisk: cream and icing sugar, speed 3.5, watching closely (about 40 s).

Food & wine pairing

A light, fruity sparkling wine, such as a rosé pét-nat.

Green kiwi, spinach and banana smoothieDrink · Prep 5 min · Serves 2 · Very easy

A boost of vitamins to start the day right.

Ingredients for 2

  • 2 kiwis
  • 1 banana
  • 1 handful of baby spinach leaves
  • 1 apple
  • 200 ml orange juice or water
  • A few ice cubes

Method

  1. Peel the kiwis and the banana, cut the apple into pieces.
  2. Blend everything with the spinach, the juice and the ice cubes.
  3. Serve immediately.
Thermomix version
  1. Put all the ingredients in the mixing bowl, blend 1 min/speed 10.

Food & wine pairing

No wine in the morning: a smoothie is quite enough on its own.

Kiwi and avocado salsaAperitif · Prep 15 min · Serves 4 · Very easy

A fresh, tangy salsa, to serve with tortilla chips.

Ingredients for 4

  • 3 kiwis
  • 1 avocado
  • ½ red onion
  • 1 lime
  • Fresh coriander
  • 1 pinch of chilli
  • Salt

Method

  1. Cut the kiwis and the avocado into small dice.
  2. Finely chop the red onion and the coriander.
  3. Mix with the lime juice, chilli and salt.
  4. Serve well chilled.
Thermomix version
  1. Add the onion and coriander, chop 3 s/speed 5.
  2. Mix by hand with the diced kiwi and avocado, the lime, the chilli and the salt.

Food & wine pairing

A lively, aromatic white, such as a Sauvignon.

Lemon and kiwi tartletsDessert · Prep 30 min · Cook 20 min · Serves 6 · Medium

A tangy lemon cream, crowned with slices of kiwi.

Ingredients for 6

  • 6 baked shortbread tartlet cases
  • 3 lemons
  • 3 eggs
  • 120 g sugar
  • 80 g butter
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 3 kiwis

Method

  1. Mix the lemon zest and juice, the eggs, the sugar and the cornflour.
  2. Cook over a low heat, whisking, until thickened.
  3. Off the heat, add the butter in pieces and leave to cool.
  4. Fill the cases with lemon cream and top with slices of kiwi.
Thermomix version
  1. Add the zest and sugar, blend 10 s/speed 10.
  2. Add the lemon juice, eggs and cornflour, cook 8 min/90 °C/speed 4.
  3. Add the butter, mix 30 s/speed 4. Leave to cool and fill the tartlets.

Food & wine pairing

A Jurançon, balancing sweetness and acidity.

Winter fruit salad with mintDessert · Prep 15 min · Serves 4 · Very easy

Kiwis, citrus fruit and pomegranate: a fruit salad full of sunshine.

Ingredients for 4

  • 3 kiwis
  • 2 oranges
  • 1 grapefruit
  • ½ pomegranate
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • A few mint leaves

Method

  1. Peel the citrus fruit with a knife, removing all the pith, and cut into segments, saving the juice.
  2. Peel the kiwis and slice them into rounds. Remove the seeds from the pomegranate.
  3. Mix the collected juice with the honey.
  4. Combine the fruit, drizzle with syrup and scatter with finely chopped mint.
Thermomix version
  1. Add the mint, chop 3 s/speed 7.
  2. Add the citrus juice and honey, mix 10 s/speed 3, then pour over the fruit.

Food & wine pairing

A light moscato would be ideal; here, a pét-nat.

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