Date

Datte

What it is

Cultivated for at least six thousand years, and in 2005 Israeli researchers germinated a two-thousand-year-old seed recovered from Masada. The tree that grew from it was named Methuselah and has since fathered a crop.

In the kitchen

Medjool for eating, Deglet Nour for cooking — the first is soft and caramel, the second firmer and less sweet.

Goes with

Almond Orange Cinnamon Goat cheese Tahini Walnut Cardamom Coffee

Same species

Date paste Date syrup (silan) Deglet Nour date Medjool date Date palm jaggery

Also used with

Brazil nut Carob powder Frankincense Sidr honey Teff Tiger nut

In season alongside

Arbutus berry Crapaudine beetroot Fig Red mullet Ajvar American lobster

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