Kiwi Fruit Recipes

Kiwi fruit is originally from the Far East, having been grown in what is now modern-day China for many centuries. At the turn of the 20th Century, in 1904, that it arrived on New Zealand shores, when New Zealand school principal Isabel Fraser brought some kiwifruit seeds back from her travels.

Kiwi, (Actinidia deliciosa) is also called kiwifruit or Chinese gooseberry and woody vine. The plant is native to mainland China and Taiwan and is also grown commercially in New Zealand and California.

Kiwi is an ellipsoidal fruit and is a true berry. It has fuzzy brownish green skin. There is a firm translucent green flesh that has numerous edible purple-black seeds embedded around a white center.

Kiwis are used in many tropical recipes. This includes salads, smoothies, cocktails and jams.

This cookbook contains a wide variety of delicious kiwi fruit recipes for every taste.