I cut it and place it in a pot with water, lemon juice and a little sugar, and as soon as the water start frothing I drain it, keeping the pink water to make syrups and liqueurs, and the rhubarb for pies, muffins or for the breakfast cereals
I usually used a banana cake/muffin recipe and substitute the bananas with feijoas. Just like bananas. The ester methyl benzoate smells strongly of feijoasand the aroma of the fruit is caused mostly by this and other closely related esters
For those who have never had the delight of a fejioa, they are a tart, perfumey guava that are great “au natural” and also great in bananafeijoamuffins
This morning, after toast and fruit for breakfast my boys and I set to work getting baking done for daddy's lunches, along with some fruit and oat breakfast muffins for Mumma
For me I had a brown banana, a squashy kiwifruit and a couple of sad looking feijoas. If the fruit is really soft like bananas, mangos, kiwifruit I would suggest you mash it and then the flavour will mix right through
Banana bread or raisin bread are nice with butter and jam or honey. I've also been known to make Strawberry ice cream and Flu-fighting feijoa jelly and freeze those in small containers for lunchbox fillers
Alessandra Zecchini, our founder of this event, never fails to surprise and inspire me with her use of unusual ingredients, often things that we might ignore or discard, like onion flowers, banana flowers or feijoa skins
But how about this luscious looking Upside Down Caramelised Banana Cake from Frances at Bake Club. Feijoa season may be almost over, but there's still a bit of fruit around and if you've been wondering what to do with that over abundance then check out this gorgeous looking feijoa jam from Alessandra Zecchini which she says is just like guava paste
I made another batch just yesterday and swapped the pumpkin puree for a mixture of feijoaand mashed banana, they are delicious and I think any sort of fruit would work well
