Blood orange from Italy

March 19th, 2007

Blood orange from Italy

When you come across a fruit with the name “blood orange” at Whole Foods, you simply can’t pass it up. At least, I couldn’t. At only a slight premium, these oranges (imported from Italy) look just like regular oranges on the outside. Inside, the meat of the fruit is the deep red that gives them their name. Despite being late in the orange season, they taste quite good. The flavor is somewhere between an orange and a pomegranate. They are sweet, but also a bit “winey”. Definitely worth a try.

  • allen

    whah, no description ala “ruby gems”?