Blood Tangerines

I got some tangerines that looked like any other tangerines on the outside.
Nice, small, bright and so perfectly orange – here’s a picture of the tangerine in my hand:

tangerine in the hand

When I peeled it, the inside looked kind of shocking – totally not what I expected.  It was purplish-red!

Turned out it was a “blood tangerine” variety. I have seen “blood oranges”, but never seen or expected “blood tangerines” :)

Here’s a picture of the blood tangerine sections:

red blood tangerine sections

And here’s the blood tangerine cut in half – shows off it’s red color so nicely!

blood tangerine orange cut in half

So how did the blood tangerine taste?  It was sweet!  The orange-colored tangerines are much more sour.  This red tangerine was so sweet that it almost didn’t taste like a citrus fruit – it was quite unique.

11 Responses to Blood Tangerines

  1. Mary on March 2, 2011 at 10:48 am

    I haven’t seen these yet, but you’ve made me curious enough to seek them out. I don’t often comment but I wanted you to know how much I enjoy my visits to your blog. I really like the food and recipes you feature here. Have a great day. Blessings…Mary

  2. Catherine on March 2, 2011 at 11:14 am

    I do love blood oranges, they are so unique. Thank you for your visit and commenting on my blog. I hope that you will visit again soon. Blessings, Catherine

  3. Corina on March 2, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    I’ve never seen these either but they sound really interesting. I hope I come across them somewhere soon.

  4. rebecca on March 2, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    wow these look really fun :-0

  5. Emma on March 2, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    Blood oranges are beautiful! I’ve not seen a tangerine one either, I’ll have to keep a lookout.

  6. Janice on March 2, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    I haven’t seen these either but they look amazing. I love blood oranges, we don’t get them here often now, but I used to get them when I was a child.

  7. UrMomCooks on March 2, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    I have never seen blood tangerines… As citrus season starts to wind down here in Texas I will be on the lookout! Not sure if they are grown here, but I would sure like to try one!

  8. Jill on March 3, 2011 at 3:40 am

    Love the photo of the blood tangerine segments in your hand: they have a slight sinister look to them! :-)

  9. blackbookkitchendiaries on March 4, 2011 at 11:38 am

    this looks really pretty.. need to keep an eye out for this:) thanks for sharing it. have a great weekend.

  10. Reeni on March 4, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    What a delicious surprise! I never heard of blood tangerines!

  11. Colleen Hall-Johnson on January 18, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    I just ate my 1st blood tangerine & looked it up, finding your site. So glad I did, cause I had never heard of them before. The tangerine was delicious! And very unusual looking. I bought it in Altadena, California, & the sign in the market said they were from Chili. What a fun surprise!

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