Today I went to Rowena’s and she asked if I knew of any recipes using kiwifruit as she had some she needed to use. I couldn’t think of any off hand so I Googled. I found a recipe for coconut kiwi and something else muffins but as she had no coconut, that wasn’t possible. I thought though, I wonder if they could be used as a substitute for lemons in lemon butter, thus making kiwi butter. I pureed the kiwifruit to directly substitute the lemon juice and zest for the same quantity of pureed kiwifruit. It behaved as it should and went custard-like on cooling, the only thing is that as it cooked it developed a peppery taste! We made a pie crust and filled it with the kiwi-butter and then made a meringue top separately to then sit on the pie (as I was unsure how the kiwi-butter would go in the oven if we put the meringue on top to bake) making it a lemon meringue style pie but using kiwifruit instead! While I wouldn’t make it again, it was a very unusual combination of flavours. I must say a drizzle of the original, uncooked pureed kiwifruit on top made it taste a little more like the original ingredient. (BTW today’s pic is of a slice of the aforementioned pie)
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