Lizio's Prickly Pear and Cherry Orchard's

Lizio's Prickly Pear and Cherry Orchard's Lizio’s orchard’s if a family run farm and biasness. Meredith and her family have ran the property for over 35 years. Discard the skin and eat the inner fruit.

The property of approximately 80 acres consists of approximately 25 acres of Prickly Pear and 12 of Cherry. PRICKLY PEAR: the Pear has been genetically developed to shrink the prickle and remove its barb, thus meaning the prickle is easier to remove from the pear and your skin. The pear is picked with a knife in a full cover all overalls, cloth welding mask, welding gloves and boots. The season ru

ns from middle of February to middle of May with an early, mid and late crops. The pear is picked and placed in boxes then stacked on trailers then taken to the packing shed buy tractors. In the packing shed they are sorted for a day or to then washed and sorted into their required grades and packed for market and on sight sales. To eat the pear you first wash it under some running water with a kitchen glove on to remove any prickles that are left then with a sharp knife remove the bottom and the top of the pear and slice thru the remaining skin from top to bottom and peel the whole skin back. CHERRYS: the cherry season runs from the start of November to the middle of December. The orchard consists of 8 variety’s. The cherry’s are picked and placed into boxes with the picker’s allocated number they are then stacked in the shad along the rows and routinely collected from the paddock in the gator and taken to the packing shed. CURRENT SEASON AND PRICE LIST:
We are currently in the Prickly Pear season. Early season is winding down and we are preparing for the middle season crop to ripen. Seconds $3.50 per kg
First grade range between $5 per kg and $10 per kg

CONTACKT DETAILS:
ALL CALLS AND FAX'S BETWEEN 7AM-6PM

MEREDITH LIZIO
mobile: 0402284961
fax: (03) 5766 2240

BEN LIZIO
mobile: 0478266184
email: [email protected]

22/01/2019

Prickly Pears will start in about 3 weeks. Looking for work picking contact me on 0402284961 or sms your details to this number. Thankyou for your interest.

15/01/2013

We are in for a great crop with the Prickly pears. At this stage we should be right to start as of the 20th February, anyone interested in picking please contact me.

24/11/2012

Cherries are ripping up well...size is good...taste to die for... Shed sales are available...just drop in some time

08/11/2012

handing the rains over to ben lizio and meredith lizio. best of luck

20/09/2012

we are thinking of offering wedding/photos amoungst the cherry blossomes. would anyone be interested in souch a thing ?

pleas pass this post arround to anyone you think may be interested

20/09/2012

hey guys gess what. the cherrys are blooming

24/07/2012

cherry season is slowly inching its way forward. week by week it gets closer and closer. i can taist the sweet cherrys already

29/05/2012

Prickly pear chili (serves 4)
Ingrediance
- 4 small prickly pear
- 340 chuck steak
- 1tbsp vegi oil
- 1 mediam onion
- ¼ cup choped green peppers
- 1 large garlic clove
- 1tbsp chili powder
- 1 cup tamato paste
- 1cup water
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp oregano leaf crushed
- 1 can kidney beens (optional)
Directions:
1. peal and dice the prickely pears. Wash and set aside.
2. cut steak into cubes and brown in the vegi oil. Use a large whock or skillit pan. Remove cubes with slotted spoon as they brown. Add onions, green peppers and garlic; saute stirring often, until tender. Add the prickly pears to mixture, cook 3 minutes. Sprinkle chili powder over mixture; cook and stir one minute.
3. Return meat to pan; add tomatoes, water, salt and oregano; bring to boiling. Lower heat; cover; simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Drain half the liquid from the beens. Add beans and reserved liquid to skillet; simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes.
Engoy with steemed rice of corn bread

29/05/2012

Prickly pear vinigerette
-2 prickly pear large size
-1/5 banana
-2 tbsp honney
-1 tbsp rice wine viniger
-Juice of half a lemmon
-Juce of half a lime
-May also need apple juice
Directions:
Blend pealed pear and banana with honney,viniger,lemon and lime. Add more honney to sweaten or viniger to increas sowernes to taste. If the mixter is a bit thick (depends on size of the fruit you used) add a small amount of apple juice, if to thin add more banana. Then blend after tast and tectcher is acheved and strain befor serving chilled.

29/05/2012

The prickly pear is AKA: cactus pear, tuna fruit,, indian figs and mission cactus

29/05/2012

Time for another fun fact about prickly pear:
- Prickly pear fruit is rich in magnesium, an essential mineral that assists your bodys enzymes, it also assists you body in healthy heart and kidney function and is a great sorce of energy. The pear also contains vitamin C, whitch helps to boost you immun systom and provides antioxidant protection against chronic disease

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Glenrowan, VIC
3675

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 6pm
Tuesday 7am - 6pm
Wednesday 7am - 6pm
Thursday 7am - 6pm
Friday 7am - 6pm
Saturday 7am - 6pm

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