lychees

[sauckyknave]

What can you do with them besides peel and eat? -Not that that's bad. :)

[Fritz]

In Thailand lychees are served by placing the peeled lychees in a bowl and cover with ice cubes then eat cold as the ice melts.

[Allison]

The July issue of M. Stewart Living has a recipe for a lychee martini - haven't tried it, but it looks pretty cool!

[Missy P.]

That's interesting. There was an article in the Georgia Straight, Vancouver's free weekly, when I was there a few weeks ago that mentioned a recipe for a lychee cocktail. It was in the context of a review of a bed & breakfast in the country (the owner made this drink for her guests). I ripped out the description, intrigued, and have made several pitchers since. It's delicious, but it involves *canned* lychees, but you might be able to figure out an even more delicious adaptation with fresh fruit.

Shake with ice: equal portions raspberry vodka and cranberry juice (use a nice and sour one, not OceanSpray), generous dash lychee juice (from the can), dash of Grand Marnier. Strain into cocktail glasses and serve garnished with a whole lychee. Drink and be tipsy!

[Liana]

that sounds great!

My favorite lychee martinis are at:
Elephant (in nyc) called the 'wounded elephant': vodka, not sure if vermouth, drop of cassis after it's been shaken and poured w/ a lychee at the bottom - really looks like it's name!

and at Shebeen (also nyc). I think it's soju w/ muddled lychees, and a lychee garnish. not sure, but formula is on menu.
both perfect for summer!

[Phaedrus]

There is a dessert soup that I used to get as a child in Taiwan. Theye would get white wood ears, a fungus that is pretty neutral in flavor, lychee, lotus nuts (well, that is what we called it), and other fruits and stew it for some time. We ate it warm at the end of a banquest. It was awesome.

By the way, lychee is considered a "warm" food whereas all the other fruits are considered to be a "cold" food. This means that lychees are great to warm your blood where as other fruits are great to keep your blood cold.

[foodfirst]

Freeze them in the skin and eat straight from the freezer. *Very* refreshing on a hot sticky afternoon.

[The Rogue]

Lychee sorbet... lychee blender drinks... lychee salsa... lots of things to do with one of the tastiest fruits on the planet!

[Stanley Stephan]

There is a restaurant in SF that serves fresh lychee iced tea, but I don't know exactly how they make it. There are fresh lychees in the tea. Delicious.

I always see lychee ice cream. Looking to see if I could find lychee iced tea on line, I found this site all about lychees with a page full of reciepes. Some look good (White Sangria with Lychees). Some seem questionable to me (lychee polenta).

This company ships you fresh lychees in season (June - July) and has some good sounding products like lychee jam and lychee honey. Many of the recipes below are for fresh lychees.

Interesting site. There are actually different varieties of lychees like Bengal, Ohia, Sweet Cliff and Emperor. From what I was reading Hak ip, Brewster and Mauritius are the most common, at least in Florida. Who would have guessed.

Link: http://www.lycheesonline.com/recipes.cfm

Image: http://www.lycheesonline.com/photos/l...

[Limster]

Pork stir fried with lychees, a Hokkien/Fujian dish. I'm sure googling will find you some recipes.

[Phantomdoc]

Lychees are a great addition to any chinese sweet and sour dish, shrimp, pork, fish, etc. Any restaurant will add them on request.