RAURENI GREEEN WALNUT PRESERVE 250G

I never ate these when I was a child. I discovered that the unripened fruit of the walnut tree could be made into sweet preserves by a friend of mine from Greece. I've never had the ones that are homemade so I can't comment on that. I've always purchased these from a local Russian market. The ones that I've had in the past use fruit that has been slightly more fully matured -- so that the fruit are round with walnuts inside, and the fruits have more substance when you eat them and have a distinctly woody flavor.On the other hand, this is not the case here at all. These fruits have been picked very under-ripe deliberately and still have a slightly tart flavor despite the sugar syrup -- and there is no woody flavor at all. Based on other reviews, I think this is the way that people prefer it, but it's not the way that I have had it in the past.The fruits themselves are small, perhaps 2-3 cm in size and are a bit shriveled due to the process of preservation. it's not the way that I've seen the fruit before, either in Russian preserves or fresh, where it's usually a larger rounder fruit about the size of a walnut.I actually don't like this, and I'm just going to go back to the Russian market and buy some locally; however, if you prefer softer unripened walnut fruit without any woody qualities then you'll be very happy with this Romanian product.

I was hoping to buy walnut jam, but it is far from tasting like one. It's a jar of sugar with some flavorless walnuts in it.Do not waste your time.

Walnuts in jam are small and not overripe.I see only one issue with this jam - it's expensive.

Not many people have heard about walnut preserve. It is delicate and good. I remember my grandma used to treat her guests for short visits, with a spoon of walnut preserve - there are special china dishes for that - and a glass of iced water. There was a special treat for special guests :) .

I love this. It's sweet but you can rinse off some of the syrup. Tasted just like the walnuts in Romania. I'm so glad I can buy this from the vendor in Amazon.

Jar not sealed. Texture soft. Looks like its bad. Spat out fearing bad jar. Guess what? Amazon Prime but not returnable. Order at your own risk.