Feijoa

Also know as guavasteen or pineapple guava, they originally come from South America. However, these were grown in Spain. The fruit has a sweet, aromatic flavour. The flesh is juicy and is divided into a clear jelly-like seed pulp and a firmer, slightly gritty opaque flesh nearer the skin. The fruit is usually eaten by cutting it in half, then scooping out the pulp with a spoon. The fruits have a juicy sweet seed pulp, and slightly gritty flesh nearer the skin. A feijoa can also be used as an interesting addition to a fruit smoothie, and can be used to make feijoa infused vodka. The Feijoa can also be cooked and used in dishes where one would use stewed fruit.

Fruits are at their optimum maturity when the seed pulp has turned into a clear jelly with no hint of browning. Once the seed pulp and surrounding flesh start to brown, the fruit is over mature and shouldn't be eaten.