A table of various dishes made using loquats. [Photo/WeChat account: rugaofabu]

The sweet and juicy loquats produced in Rugao, Nantong, have already hit the market and can either be eaten directly or made into various different delicacies.

Steamed loquats

Cut the peeled loquats in half, put a mixture of chopped meat, egg, scallion, ginger, yellow rice wine, and mint leaves into the hollow loquats after removing the kernels, and steam them for 20 minutes.

Loquats and shrimp meat salad

Blanch the shrimp meat, puree the loquat and avocado pulp, and mix them with some salt and black pepper powder.

Sweet loquat and pear soup

Dice some loquats and pears after peeling them and boil them with silvery fungi, rock sugar and wolfberries for 20 minutes. Store them in the fridge for 12 hours for best taste.

Loquat bacon roll

Roll the diced loquat, asparagus tips, and bacon into a pancake, brush a layer of egg yolk liquid over the pancake with olive oil and black pepper powder, and bake them at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.

Sweet and sour loquat pork

Cure the diced pork with salt, scallion, ginger, and cooking wine for a while, pour some flour over the pork, and then fry them in the oil. Then stir-fry the fried pork with diced loquats, color pepper, and other seasonings.

Loquat and pork bone soup

Blanch the pork bones, boil them with ginger, scallion, and cooking wine for half an hour and then add sliced cucumber and diced loquat to the soup to boil for another half an hour.