Heat oven to 500Â°. Put a 1/2-lb. piece of slightly oozy brie cheese in a 2- to 3-cup shallow baking dish and bake until melted, 4 to 5 minutes. Grind black pepper on top. Set dish on a heatproof surface and serve with toasted baguette slices, walnut bread, or sliced apples and pears. Makes: 12 servings.
The most popular varieties are White Grapefruit, Pink Grapefruit and Ruby Red Grapefruit and they have varying degrees of seeds and sweetness. Grapefruits come in many varieties determined by color, which is caused by citrus pigmentation.
This zingy fruit helps put the zest in Christmas. âThis is prime time for grapefruit,â said Bob Blakely of the California Citrus Mutual, which represents about 2,000 citrus growers throughout the state. Grapefruit, the misnamed giant of the citrus family, reach their peak of availability during the holiday season. But most of the fresh grapefruit seen in local supermarkets now was shipped from Texas, where harvest starts in earnest in December and peaks in January and February.