White dragon fruit (pitaja)
Fruit
Refrigerator
Fruit bowl
Dragon fruit is also called pitaja or dragon fruit. It is actually a cactus fruit. Dragon fruit does not have spines, but a scaly skin. Hence the name dragon fruit. The aromatic flesh of the white sweet dragon fruit is full of edible little black seeds and is reminiscent of kiwi. You can increasingly buy dragon fruit in supermarkets. It is best to store dragon fruit in the fridge.
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Preparation & storage
Storage
You can keep ripe dragon fruit in the fridge for a few days.
Put some unripe fruit on the fruit bowl to ripen further.
Prepare
Cut the fruit in half and scoop out the flesh.
Storage times
Refrigerator (ripe): 2-3 days
Fruit bowl (not yet ripe): 7 days
Preparation times
None, this fruit is usually eaten raw.
Cleaning the white sweet dragon fruit
See preparing.
Information
Portion size
Cultivation and season
Tip
White dragon fruit flavour
Availability
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