Looking like a small green tomato, tomatillos taste faintly of lemon, apple and herbs. Tomatillos are popular in Mexican and Southwest cooking where they are used in dishes such as guacamole and salsa.
Looks like a tiny green tomato, actually a relative of the gooseberry family. Enclosed in a paper-like husk that is removed before cooking. Used in a variety of Mexican dishes and sauces to add an acidic flavor. Native to Mexico but can be found fresh or canned in many grocery stores.
Small, light green, tomato-like fruit common in Mexico. The flesh is slightly tart and is eaten cooked, usually in sauces and condiments. Available fresh or canned.
Easily mistaken for a small green tomato, tomatillos grow in a paper husk that's removed before use. Citrusy in flavor, tomatillos are commonly used in salsas and Mexican sauces.
tohm-ah-TEE-oh] A fruit native to Mexico that looks like a small green tomato. It has a thin, paper-like covering, a bright green skin and a crisp yellow flesh. Tomatillos have a lemony-herb flavor and are used like a vegetable in a variety of Mexican dishes and sauces. Both fresh and canned tomatillos can be found in Latin stores.
Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
Similar to a small green tomato and from the same nightshade family, tomatillos are distinctive in their thin paper like covering. Typically used green they have a lemon herb flavor and are found in Southwestern and Mexican dishes.
Looks like a tiny green tomato, actually a relative of the gooseberry family. Used in salsa verde and in many sauces
(tohm-ah-TEE-yo) : This small green fruit, also called the Mexican green tomato, is related to the tomato and the cape gooseberry. They are usually served when green (not ripe) for use in a number of dishes, particularly salsas. They have a pungent flavor of citrus and herbs.
Looks like a small tomato with a husk. Used in green sauces
Relative of the gooseberry family. Resembles a small green tomato. Very flavorful and used in many sauces.
part of the gooseberry family; small, round green fruit in a papery husk with a much sharper and more acidic taste than a tomato
A small fruit, also called the "Mexican tomato," that is related to the tomato and the cape gooseberry. Their flavor is said to resemble a cross between lemon, apple, and herbs. Used in guacamole and many sauces.
The tomatillo (Physalis ixocarpa or Physalis philadelphica) is a small, spherical and green or green-purple fruit surrounded by a paper-like husk formed from the calyx. As the fruit matures, it fills the husk and can split it open by harvest. The husk is brown and the fruit yellowish when it is ripe.