Black Sapote Quick Bread
Black sapote is ripe when it's squishy and oozy – not before! This unusual fruit, related to the persimmon, is rich in vitamin C and mild in flavor. This quick bread, good with coffee and tea, looks l...
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The Intriguing Black Sapote
What looks like chocolate pudding ... but really doesn’t taste like chocolate at all?
One of South Florida’s more unusual tropical fruits, the black sapote (Diospyros nigra) is related to the persimmon. Native to the Americas, the fruits are often picked when full grown, about the size and color of a large green tomato, then left to ripen until they’re slightly shriveled and mushy and appear ready to toss in the compost bin. This is the time to eat this fruit.
Photo 1: Unripe black sapote are bright green and firm
Photo 2: Robert Moehling of Robert Is Here shows ripe fruit
Photo 3: Pulp showing seeds
Inside, the glossy pulp looks like dark chocolate pudding, but the flavor is mild and sweet, ready to be enhanced with citrus, spice, pineapple juice, brandy or rum in milkshakes or eaten with a spoon. Black sapote is in season here in early winter months. Look for it at farmers markets and farmstands like Robert Is Here, LNB Groves and Redland Community Farm and Market.
Black Sapote Quick Bread
Black sapote is ripe when it's squishy and oozy – not before! This unusual fruit, related to the persimmon, is rich...
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