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Kumquats are truly nature's candy. Apart from the texture, the taste has a blend of sweet and sour that reminds me of Sour Patched Kids, it's gummy drastically less healthy alternative. Besides snacking on them plain, kumquats make an incredible sauce. They also pair well in a dessert.

They can be candied and then used to decorate and flavor a cake. The hyper-citrus flavors taste exquisite with chocolate or cheesecake. Try it with roasted duck or with braised chicken. Unlike oranges, lemons, and limes, kumquats are distinctly sugary and bitter. Yet, like other citrus fruits, they are versatile and work well in both savory dishes and sweet desserts.

Below are 8 ways to incorporate kumquats into a meal:

1. Duck Breasts with Mustard and Candied Kumquats
2. Gingerbread Layer Cake with Candied Kumquats
3. Sauteed Chicken Over Wilted Spinach with Kumquat Sauce
4. Chocolate Kumquat Cake
5. Braised Chicken with Kumquats and Green Olives
6. Ricotta Tart with Chocolate and Kumquats
7. Asian Pears with Vanilla-Poached Kumquats
8. Rootbeer Ham with Kumquats

The lovely Keiko on her Nordljus blog has done it again!

Always one with the stunning images she has taken the humble kumquat and created a delicious array of mouthwatering and inspiring delicacies. There is a cake mixing the kumquat with earl grey tea followed by some scrummy looking tarts that look well worth the trouble of squeesing each fruit to make a curd filling. Finally there is a puff pastry tart filled, of course, with kumquats.

I wonder if Keiko will have the same effect on sales of kumquats as Delia once had with cranberries...

[Because it is such a good post I have added it to the new netscape, so you could go there and vote for it]

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