Fresh Medlars UK | Rare Heritage Fruit Mespilus Germanica – Coeur Sauvage

Medlars offer chefs and home foodie a rare opportunity to work with a heritage ingredient that brings complexity, narrative, and seasonality to a dish. Once bletted, the fruit develops a silky purée with layered flavours reminiscent of spiced apple, fig, and molasses, making it ideal for refined applications.

Culinary advantages for professional kitchens:

• High aromatic depth suitable for pâtisserie, terrines, and game pairings.
• Natural pectin that sets beautifully in jellies, glazes, and plated desserts.
• Distinctive provenance — a medieval fruit that adds storytelling and terroir to menus.

Medlar purée works elegantly with roasted meats, aged cheeses, and warm spices. Its subtle acidity and caramelised notes make it a powerful but gentle component in composed plates.

Chef Tip

It can take sometimes for the medlars to blet. Our chefs often do not have the luxury of time. For a faster result, they are inducing the bletting by freezing them !!

Foraging Season

Our fresh Medlars are harvested between September and October.

Note: Packed on premises handling wild nuts, seeds, mustard, celery, crustaceans & molluscs (trace via seaweed).

Origin

From the British countryside

Storage

Blet them in a cool room or in the fridge.

Once bletted, store them in the fridge and eat/cook them as soon as possible.

Shipping

All fresh and frozen produce is shipped via Royal Mail Tracked 24 to ensure maximum freshness.