It is not one of the best known citrus fruits, although in Italy Calabria is an important producer . Let's talk about bergamot, an unusual citrus fruit that is not present on our tables.

It is rarely eaten as such, more often than not the aroma in the form of juice is appreciated. Who doesn't know Earl Gray Tea ? Here, its unmistakable flavor is given precisely by bergamot.

We eat, drink, and do good, bergamot, thanks to its purifying properties and support in lowering cholesterol.

Bergamot is often used also in perfumery, for its fresh scent, able to exalt buquet of floral aromas, in particular the rose.

We used to eat bergamot. But how do you eat? Let's find out together ...

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Bergamot: fruit, juice, essential oil

The fruit of the bergamot, green, wrinkled, pear-shaped, has a bitter taste that is very pleasing or very little, without middle ground. This is why bergamot is often not eaten as it is, but wedges or juice are used in the kitchen to create fresh and aromatic dishes.

More often, bergamot essential oil is used in the kitchen to flavor and enhance fruity flavors, as well as for its relaxing, antidepressant, but also antibacterial properties (it will be fine to create natural scented household cleaners).

Bergamot: how to eat?

Rich in healthy properties and with effects, as they say today, nutraceuticals, bergamot is eaten, too.

In the kitchen, bergamot is particularly appreciated as it is able to enhance the flavor of the dishes in which it is found.

Here is some practical example of how to eat bergamot :

> Fresh, in small pieces, in salads or in fruit salads;

> the peel is used to garnish and flavor fish appetizers, vegetarian first courses, main courses and desserts ;

> drink, as a juice, to prepare imaginative cocktails ;

> its juice is added to the orange juices to give them a more "fresh" and aromatic flavor;

> its juice is used to prepare an unusual vinaigrette to dress salads ;

> in the form of jam, even better if made at home ;

> in the risotto : it is prepared as a traditional risotto, but if the peel is used , the fruit will therefore be organic (to be grated on the finished dish) and the bergamot juice (in the initial phase, to toast the rice before adding the broth )

> in desserts, for example, it is used to prepare deliciously fruity and fresh desserts and creams.