Recipes with rambutan
The ‘hairy lychee’ is perfect for plenty of surprising culinary experimentation. It can be marinated or partnered with raw ham. Prefer something a little safer but just a delicious? Give your summer fruit salad an extra boost with rambutan.
Preparation
Score all the way around the rambutan with a knife. The skin can then be removed from both halves. The large seed in the centre is not edible. The fruit tastes great in a salad or blended.
How to use rambutan in the kitchen?
- In salads
- As a snack
- In the blender


Storage advice
The best way to store rambutans is in the fridge.
Where do rambutans come from?
The rambutan is one of the most popular fruits in South-East Asia. That is where we source our EAT ME fruits. The fruit grows on trees that can reach up to 20 metres high. These trees do not produce fruit for the first 4 years. Rambutans grow in bunches. They are also harvested in bunches, to avoid damaging the fragile fruits.
