Serves: 2 Ingredients 1 soft ripe sapote 3 or 4 tbs carob powder or cocoa powder 2-3 medjool date, diced (Harvest Hub) 1 banana, cut into chunks 1 tbs honey 8 tbs coconut milk 2 tbs walnuts, chopped Instructions In a food processor place scooped...
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This month, we feature the little known (in the U.S.), but delicious Black Sapote or chocolate pudding fruit, Diospyros nigra. In its native regions of eastern Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and into Colombia, it is known and loved. This...
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2 liters milk (8 cups) 1.54 lb sugar 1 1/2-2 kg jaboticabas (need 3 cups juice) Instructions To obtain juice, crush the fruit in a saucepan and add enough water to just cover the fruit. Bring to a boil and then turn the heat down to a...
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One of the most popular fruit producing trees in Brazil (and the Fruit & Spice Park) is the Jaboticaba, Myrciaria cauliflora. Jaboticaba fruits are round, dark colored fruits that look and taste a lot like grapes but with a tough, thick skin...
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1 cup sugar ½ tsp salt 1 tsp ground cloves 3 eggs 1½ cup mashed ripe sapodilla 1 cup milk 1 cup yogurt 3 Tbsp honey 1 tsp vanilla 1 unbaked 9″deep-dish pie shell Preheat oven to 425°F. Mix sugar, salt and cloves in small dish. Beat eggs in large...
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Sapodilla… Nispero… Chico… Naseberry…Ciku. All these names identify the same delicious fruit from Central America, Manilkara zapota. In the United States, this fruit is known as Sapodilla, and it is related to Mamey Sapote, Green Sapote...
Read moreStar Fruit Upside Down Cake
by Brooks Tropical Chef’s Corner, from Local Flavor, Recipes Raised in the Florida Redland 1 box yellow cake mix ¼ cup tropical fruit juice, such as pineapple, mango, etc. 2 tablespoons light brown sugar 2 cups star fruit, sliced crosswise into...
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Perhaps the most decorative fruit in all the Fruit & Spice Park is the starfruit, Averrhoa carambola. The thin-skinned fruit from Asia is oblong with several ribs that radiate out from the centerline. When the fruit is cut in cross section...
Read moreCanistel Pie
Tropical Fruit Recipes, Rare and Exotic Fruits, Rare Fruit Council International, Miami, FL Mix together and set aside. 7/8 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 tsp. ground ginger ½ tsp. salt Mix together: 1 ½ cup mashed canistel pulp...
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November is the time when you can really sense that winter and our dry season is on its way. The sun is lower in the sky, the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and the hot, rainy days of the wet season are in the past. All...
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Our feature fruit for October is the ever popular Avocado, Persea americana. This member of the Laurel family, indigenous to Central America, produces one of the most popular fruits in the world. Avocado have been cultivated for thousands of...
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