Recently ate a dried fig, and was quite surprised:
Aroma, sweetness are very concentrated, the texture is particularly like, soft and sticky, almost a piece of honey, after eating the mouth still has a strong sweetness, and the previous domestic eaten varieties are very different.
Checked, the original use of Turkey is still a very good local yellow fig, Sarılop, is a very rare variety in China, the flesh is thick and thin, the sweetness is also high.
I really liked this bag of dried figs, and tried its signature dried apricots by the way, which was also very outstanding!
The same soft and delicate, the flesh is thick and the apricot aroma is well preserved.
Now they've contracted my drama-chasing snack hh
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From Turkey, a large country of dried fruits
Fine control of each fruit
As a naturally dried fruit, it can be so rich and sweet because it is won in the world
You know, figs and apricots are turkey's proud agricultural products. Turkey is also their largest exporter.
Let's start with figs. Friends who know figs will know that Turkey is one of the most important origins of figs, not only in many varieties, but also in the world in annual production.
Among the many varieties, the yellow fig Sarılop in the Aydın region is the best: the sugar content is more than 50%, the skin is thin and the fruit is thick and the honey is thick, soft and tender, which is very suitable for drying.
Ordinary figs have about 20% sugar content, and Sarılop in Turkey is more than twice as high!
Moreover, the Aiden region is a high mountainous terrain, with fertile volcanic ash soil, abundant light, and a large temperature difference between day and night, so the figs here have accumulated abundant sweetness, and they are as big as a baby's small fist! It's really cool to eat; ）
Dried apricots are also very interesting. From Turkey's Malatya region, it is known as the "apricot capital of the world" and accounts for about 85% of the world's dried apricots.
Because it is located in the fertile valley of the eastern foothills of the Toros Mountains, the apricots produced are full of sugar, but they are not greasy, and it is easier to pit them, which can be said to be the natural children of dried apricots.
Each freshly picked fig and apricot must be hand-selected by the grower, and the maturity and shape of the fruit meet the standards before they are eligible to enter the next link: natural sun-dried.
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All naturally sun-dried
The flavor is pure and the taste is softer
I have eaten a lot of dried fruits, sweet is sweet, but most of them are hard in texture and take a hard bite. This is most likely because the water content of the dried fruit is not well controlled.
Many dried fruits on the market, in order to be more resistant to preservation, will dry until the water content does not exceed 20%, eat harder, and the taste is not good enough.
The Pasha's dried figs and dried apricots will be air-dried until the moisture content is about 25%, and the texture is softer and more delicate.
And unlike many dried fruits that are dried directly by machine, the figs and apricots of The Pasha are produced in the higher mountains, with sufficient sunshine, less precipitation during the harvest period, and all the fresh fruits are naturally sun-dried after they are picked.
Although the cost of time is high, the advantages of natural air drying in preserving the flavor and taste of the fruit itself are irreplaceable by machine drying - what you eat is a natural sweetness concentrated by pure sunlight!
After drying, the fruit must be hand-selected by the grower again, and the full and complete dried fruit can be packaged and sold.
Most of the figs and apricots on the market will use "smoked sulfur color protection", which looks bright on the surface, but in fact, it is secretly making the additive blindfold.
The Pasha is a sun-dried version of the fruit, which has not been treated with sodium bisulfite, and may not look very bright and beautiful, but it is healthy and real.
This time brings two of Pasha's most classic dried fruits:
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Dried figs 100g
After biting open, the rich sweetness of the figs swept through the mouth, the sweetness was naturally moderate, and if you did not pay attention, you ate many of them, and there was no sense of snub.
The taste is soft and solid, the flesh is thick and fruity, and it is very refreshing to eat one bite at a time; ）
Turkey's local Sarılop varieties, which are relatively rare in China at present, friends who like figs must try!
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Dried apricots 100g
Sun-dried apricots are small but thick flesh. Biting through the skin with a little toughness, it reached the soft and wet heart, and I couldn't help but eat seven or eight...
The fragrance of fresh apricots spreads in the mouth, the sweet and sour are very balanced, and after eating, there is still a sweet sweetness in the mouth, and it is not easy to have the greasy feeling of general dried apricots.
Oh, and The Pasha also has a pack of housekeeping-grade nuts that we love very much!
Although it is a simple pack of pistachios, it is very elaborate. Only take the fruit of the fruit tree for 5-7 years, the pistachio at this time, the size is small, but because the fruit tree has not yet entered the full fruit period, the amount of fruit will not be too much, and the flavor of each one will be more intense.
Moreover, the fruit is small, and most of the flesh can be more tightly protected by the shell, and there is no fear that the shell will easily fall off or be crushed.
After washing, rinsing and soaking overnight, it dries in the hot sun before being marinated and dry-baked with a small amount of salt. It is full of salty flavor, and the natural fragrance of pistachios can linger in the mouth for a long time.