Pip fruit grow on trees. They are called ‘pip fruit’ because they contain pips (seeds) inside a core. They are also called ‘hard fruit’ and ‘pomes’.
Common pip fruit include:
apples
pears
quinces
nashi
crab apples.
Common pip fruit characteristics include:
Round to tear drop.
Ranging from green, yellow, red to brown skin. White flesh.
Flesh ranging from firm and crisp to soft and buttery, sometimes gritty.
Rich, sweet, juicy, tart.
Fresh and cooked by poaching, baking; sweet and savoury dishes.
Elongated round shape. Green, red, or brown skin.
Sweet, juicy, flesh with a soft buttery texture when ripe.
Ripens from the inside out. Best picked mature but not ripe and ripened at
room temperature.
Eaten raw or cooked.