I’d never heard of paraguayas until we lived in Spain, they look like a flattened peach and are excellent poached and eaten for breakfast. We have two trees in our orchard and this is the first year we’ve had fruit which have grown to a significant size. 
Sometimes called a doughnut or Saturn peach, the paraguaya is a ‘compressed’ peach which originates from China but has spread around the world. The fruit basically looks like it has been squashed flat. The flesh is pale and succulent; if you see them in the supermarket buy them. 
5 to remember
una rosquilla – a doughnut
el Saturno – Saturn [the planet]
comprimido/a – compressed
[algo] tiene su origen de [algún lugar] – [something] originates from [somewhere]
se extendió – it spread around
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Are they also called a Chinese Apple? I have seen them in the supermercado but not growing here until your blogpost. Do they have to be poached?
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No, they don’t have to be poached but they are knobbly and difficult to peel so they look pretty. I guess you can use them in any recipe which needs peaches or nectarines. We tend to cook with them as they are small with a big stone, so you need a big pile! Sorry, I don’t know about the name Chinese Apple. 🙂 SD
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That’s a first for me I think. Not one that our neighbour has ever given to us. If I ever walk again I’ll have to look for them.
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Are you still hopping? SD
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Oh yes 😦 Plaster off but that’s because one scar isn’t healing properly.
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I have seen them but I don’t think I have tried them….
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You should… they’re lovely! SD
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I’ll look out for them.
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We love Saturn peaches! This year they’re being called donut peaches. They’re in season now, so I bought a bag of them today and the market. They’re marvelous plain and fresh. How do you poach them?
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In a little water with a spoon of sugar and sometimes a vanilla pod split open. 🙂 SD
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Yummy, thanks!
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