We have a large sapote tree in our backyard which produces fruit like there's no tomorrow.
The fruit looks like a Granny Smith apple, peels real easy when ripe and looks like a pear inside but feels like a mango. It has a very mild, subtle taste.
My question is: what else can you do with it besides eat it when it's ripe?
I've tried looking up recipes in multiple cookbooks. It's also known as a "custard apple" but the recipes all call for "apples" or "custard", never the two.
Our gardener takes them home by the dozens.
There is a very mild after taste that I can't figure out, either.
Box a few up, and send 'em to me!
(You asked for ideas)
You see, we cannot comment, until we have TRIED them! (Wink)
N
Googled sapote recipes and they are supposedly great in smoothies......
I'm like Nate - never heard of them. I'd like to try them based on your description.
This might help...
http://osmosis-online.com/2010/06/16/more-weird-fruit-an-introduction-to-the-sapote/
Rose Apples
I went to High School in Central America (Panama), and although I never experienced the Sapote, my favorite was the Rose Apple. They grew in the Rain Forest, and once in a while a local native would bring a few handfuls into Panama City along Avenida Central (main street) and would sell them for about 25 cents each. I'd spend my entire allowance on those things when they'd appear.
They were crunchy and tasted like I was eating a rose. To me, it was identical taste to what a rose smelled like. I haven't had one in over 50 years.
Weird fruit ... can be good stuff!
Thanks for the link.
It's true that the ones that can't be reached end up on the walk/ground/garage roof as a yellow splat.
The squirrels love 'em, too. Well, at least half of them. They eat the half they want and drop the rest on the ground.
I'll take the seeds...
I believe they are still legal...
Rose Apples
Based on what Cliff said, send 'em some before you send me any. He sounds like he needs a few!
🙂
Nate
