What do you do with a "reverse strawberry" that tastes like pineapple?

The pineberry has landed in Australia, and the possibilities are endless.

pineberry

Source: United Nurseries

There's a new berry in town and it's the berry of all your wildest foodie dreams. The 'reverse strawberry' is the opposite of everything you expect from your regular, mainstream strawberries, with its white flesh and red seeds.

Called a pineberry, the European version of South America's white strawberries are being imported to Australia for the first time by United Nurseries.

The berry's arrival in Australia has been four years in the making due to Australia's strict quarantine and biosecurity requirements.

Phillip Neilsen from United Nurseries assured The ABC that "they are still a strawberry, [but] you have a very subtle taste at the beginning of citrus or pineapple, and it finishes off with the classic strawberry flavour."

So what can you do with a topsy-turvy strawberry that tastes like pineapple? We have a few suggestions.

1. Up your cheese board game.

Why use regular strawberries when you can impress your friends with a wild new berry they've probably never even heard of before. Imagine the hip new strawberry on this seriously impressive platter by tapasaddict.

2. Jazz up your Hawaiian pizza.

Hey, if it tastes like pineapple, maybe it'll compliment ham and cheese just as well?

3. Make cocktails.

Hawaiian cocktail
Source: SBS
You can basically tweak any version of a Malibu cocktail with pineapple, switch up your sangria, or blend it into a refreshing daiquiri.

4. Make smoothies.

Yoghurt and pineberries and OJ, oh my!

5. Make tacos.

taco
Source: SBS
These pulled pork and pineapple tacos are delicious, so why not shake things up and substitute the pineapple for some pineberries?

6. Make ice blocks.

ice blocks
Source: SBS
These pina colada popsicles could easily be tweaked into pineberry-colada popsicles, and we're betting that they'd taste incredible. Get the recipe here.

 

 

 

 


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