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The Instacart guide to pluots
About pluots
Pluots come from crossing a plum and an apricot and often get confused with apriums, apriplums, or plumcots. They are all hybrids between plum and apricot, so they are technically equivalent. The plumcot and apriplum come from first-generation crossings, while the pluot and aprium derive from later generations. We have Floyd Zaiger to thank for creating the first hybrid pluot when he crossed the Japanese plum with the apricot in the late 1900s.
The exterior of the pluot has smooth skin, much like the plum. The interior flesh has a soft texture with plenty of juice and a sweet flavor without the bitterness you find in some plums. Like all stone fruit, the pluot has a hard seed buried in its center.
Many varieties of pluots on the market offer delicious sweetness with subtle differences in flavor and run the gamut on vibrant exterior colors. They include:
- Dapple Dandy: Also called the Dinosaur Egg, it's larger than most pluots, with a pale-green or yellow skin with red spots and red or pink flesh.
- Emerald Drop: Ranges from medium to large with green skin and yellow-orange flesh.
- Flavor Grenade: Large and oblong with red blushing over green skin and yellow flesh.
- Flavor Prince: Large and round with purple skin and red flesh.
- Flavor Delight: Medium with a fuchsia-honey color and pink flesh.
- Flavor Rich: Large and round with black skin, orange flesh, and medium sweetness.
- Flavor Finale: Medium to large with purple to red skin, red-gold flesh, and incredibly flavorful.
- Flavor King: Medium with burgundy skin and red flesh. It has a very sweet fruit punch flavor.
- Flavor Queen: Medium to large with golden skin and juicy flesh.
- Flavor Supreme: Medium and large with a purple-green skin and red, juicy flesh.
- Early Dapple: Medium fruit with blotchy green color over red skin and pink flesh with good flavor.
- Flavor-Fall: Large fruit with red skin, yellow flesh, and moderate flavor.
- Splash: Very sweet small to medium fruit with a reddish-orange skin and orange flesh.
- Geo Pride: Medium fruit with red skin, yellow flesh, and balanced sweetness that captures the plum/apricot flavor.
- Flavorosa: Very sweet medium fruit that can be flat or round with dark purple skin, red flesh.
- Flavor Royal: Very sweet medium fruit with purple skin, crimson flesh.
- Flavor Heart: Very large fruit in a heart shape with black skin and yellow flesh.
- Flavor Jewel: Sweet medium fruit that is also heart-shaped with a red blush over yellow skin, yellow flesh.
- Raspberry Jewel: Honey-sweet medium fruit with dark red skin, bright red flesh.
- Red Ray: Sweet medium fruit with bright red skin, orange flesh.
How to pick out pluots
You select a pluot the same as you would a plum, looking for a firm fruit that gives to the touch. You want to avoid blemishes. Ripe pluots have a fragrant aroma. The most vibrant pluots within their respective varieties have the sweetest flavor.
How to store pluots
Pluots will last on your countertop for several days or up to a week in the refrigerator.
You can save time shopping for pluots on the Instacart app. Add the quantity of pluots you want to your cart and check out. After checkout, an Instacart shopper will assemble your order for in-store pickup in as little as 2 hours! It may also qualify for same-day delivery!
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FAQs about pluots
Yes, the skin is entirely edible and almost always gets eaten, but any tartness found in the pluot resides in the skin. Sinking your teeth into the juicy, sweet pluot flesh will offset that tartness. Research indicates that the skin has more nutrients than the flesh, so eating it can be beneficial to your health.
Yes, pluots are a great healthy snack. They contain only 80 calories, 3 grams of fiber, 1 gram of protein, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 225 milligrams of potassium, and zero fat. Pluots have 10% of the recommended daily amount of Vitamin C. While the pluot contains 15 grams of sugar, the fiber helps slow sugar absorption, resulting in a low glycemic load. Pluots also contain phytonutrients or antioxidants, which experts believe reduce the risk of certain types of cancers. Pluots are also linked to healthy heart function and lowering the risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
Most people agree that you should eat the pluot at room temperature. However, they last a few days longer in the refrigerator. Eating a pluot cold will affect the texture and flavor by dulling the sweetness, reducing the juiciness, and firming the flesh. You can eat them whole as a snack or add them chopped to a salad. Incorporating them into a sauce can result in a sweet-savory complement to fish and pork dishes.