What fruits to eat in spring?

With the Sun who invites himself to the garden, the new fruits of season tasty have been waiting and they appreciate each other. Here are five must-have spring fruits.

Strawberry

These delicious sweet berries herald spring. Planted in spring or fallthe feet of strawberries will produce lots of berries for many years. In the ground in the vegetable garden, in a bed, in a pot or a planter, without a suspension or a container, strawberries will be happy everywhere. Simple to cultivate, of remontant or non-remontant varieties, you will harvest strawberries from May to June, even at the beginning of July, after abundant flowering. low calorie,rich in vitamins and fibre, enjoy strawberries without restriction. Once picked, consume them quickly or prepare jams and jellies to enjoy them for a long time. Garnish pastries or prepare sorbets or refreshing drinks.

Banana

Banana trees produce all year round bananasdepending on the varieties and the weather producing countries. The bananas French are produced on large volcanic expanses in Martinique and Guadeloupe. Whether classic, pink or planter bananas, they grow on trees several meters high. Rich in calories, bananas are very energetic. Serve them simply presented in pieces with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a dry biscuit. Decorate pies and tarts or prepare crumbles or a Banana Bread. In a smoothie, the banana brings a taste exotic. In a compote, it brings a texture fondant.

Rhubarb

With the strawberriesthe rhubarb is one of the first fruits of May to be harvested in the vegetable garden. You will be able to pick again petioles in September and October. Perennial, plant a foot of rhubarb in a half-sunny and half-shaded corner of the garden, fall or in the spring. Without maintenance, you will only have to break the petioles at the base to pick them and remove the leaves. Rich in water and fiber, it is mainly eaten cooked: in compote, pies, clafoutis or crumbles. Know that rhubarb goes perfectly with small red fruits.

Lemon

Started in December, the harvest of lemons takes place until the end of April. Of color very yellow, with good flesh acid, lemons are eaten all year round. Everywhere in France, you can grow a lemon favoring cultivation in pots, under a greenhouse or a veranda, in the north of the Loire. Like the orangethe clementines and other citrus fruits, lemons are filled with vitamin C. Appreciate its tangy side in a lemonade, sorbet, cocktail or candied lemon. Dare to cook it with chicken, scallops, prawns or a fish. Nothing is more gourmet than a lemon cake, tartlets or a meringue pie.

Cherry

With strawberries, cherries are expected from May with a full season in June. Bigareau. Picked at maturity with the tail, they can only be kept for a few days. Once pitted, they flavor clafoutis, sorbets or pastries. In chutney or in a sauce, the cherries go perfectly with duck (liver fat, duck breast) or a guinea fowl. Without forgetting the candied cherries to make a masterful black forest.