What a busy summer it has been, and early fall is proving to be not much different. Phew...I have had a number of posts to share, and somehow life has intervened.
Remember the post I did about the lovely lady whom I bought the garlic from? Then she gifted me with the most beautiful dried Oregano? Well, I called her the other day, asking if I could buy more garlic. (now I had a good stash!) She then gifted me with these amazing ground cherries: (by the way, I had a lot more than this picture shows... I could not stop eating them on the drive home!)
Here is a peak inside this deliciousness...see how pretty?:
Wow...what flavor. Ground cherries are related to Tomatillos. The flavor of ground cherries is complex: sweet, tart, hearty, spicy, herbaceous....hard to describe, but so unbelievably delicious. I bet these would make a great chutney or relish, or even pickled? My mind is whirling with possibilities!
You can read about growing ground cherries here.
This is what they look like sliced:
I added them to a layered fresh garden salad with a simple dressing....I sooo want more of these babies:
Thank you to my garlic, ground cherry growing friend...this was truly deliciousness on a plate! 🙂
I haven't had ground cherries an ages. We use to see them occasionally served with after dinner coffee here but not recently.... We mustn't be eating out in the right season....
Katie - how lucky you have already tried them! Aren't they good? After dinner coffee with these babies sounds great!
I have never even heard of these before, Ina. When I saw your post title, I thought you meant dried up, ground cherries. LOL They do sort of look like miniature tomatillas, and they look really good. You have certainly found a wonderful new friend in that lady! 🙂
Shirley
Shirley - that is hilarious! I never thought of "ground up cherries" but that totally makes sense! 🙂
Ditto Shirley I thought the same thing. They do look good.
Cari - it totally makes sense when first reading the title....lol....they were mighty tasty! 🙂
We know them as Physalis peruviana (physalis = bladder) is the plant and its fruit, also known as Cape gooseberry (South Africa). It is a fruit, I hear instead of a cherry. I love it's fruity flavour & sweet too!
A lovely & very colourful salad too! 🙂 Yummy yum, I reckon!
Thanks Sophie - how interesting. Cape Gooseberry seems to make more sense than ground cherries. Either way - they are delicious! 🙂