Why We Love It: Combine the juicy, slightly gritty texture of pear with a rich brown sugar flavor and you have sapodilla (Manilkara zapota). Also known as níspero, these brown fruits are soft when ripe, with yellowish brown melt-in-your-mouth flesh. They are delicious eaten out of hand – just scoop out of the skin and take out the shiny dark seeds. Chop up sapodilla and add to shakes or smoothies.
Find sapodilla: They’re in markets from November to August. At the Pinecrest Gardens farmers market on Sundays, LNB Groves serves a popular “Sapodelicious” smoothie made with sapodilla.
