Vegetable
Purple Tomatillo
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Purple tomatillo ripens to wine-purple, often sweeter, a salad or a prettier salsa. Heat can dull the colour. Still a husk tomato. A raw slice or a quick salsa. Green is the tart workhorse.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Quick SalsaRaw Slice
Traits
Colour Fades HeatHuskNot WorkhorsePrettySpecialtySweeterWine Purple
History
MX
Purple-fruited tomatillos were selected for market colour.
Purple tomatillos reached US farmers markets.
Purple stayed a specialty; green held salsa verde.