{"id":31,"date":"2008-05-28T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T05:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/202.60.70.40\/~australi\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2010-01-11T20:55:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T10:55:41","slug":"black-sapote","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/exotic-fruits\/black-sapote\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sapote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/blacksapote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74 alignleft\" title=\"blacksapote\" src=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/blacksapote.jpg\" alt=\"blacksapote\" width=\"199\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/blacksapote.jpg 199w, https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/blacksapote-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>BLACK SAPOTE<\/span> Diospyros digyna<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"name\">\u201cNATURES NATURAL CHOCOLATE\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Other names:<\/span> Chocolate Pudding Fruit, BlackPersimmon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Intro:<\/span> Not a fresh fruit to be eaten off the tree.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">History:<\/span> Native to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Shape:<\/span> The fruit is about the size of a very large apple and tomato-shaped.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Weight\/size: <\/span>Typically weighing 700g to 900g and ranging between 60 -120mm in diameter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Colour:<\/span> The fruit has a bright green and shiny skin when unripe. When it ripens, the skin turns dark brown.<\/p>\n<p>The flesh is black when ripe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Taste:<\/span> The flesh tastes like chocolate, but only when perfectly ripe. The taste is otherwise slightly bitter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Buying\/storage:<\/span> The crown on top of the fruit should be raised, which indicates the fruit is mature. During ripening, changes of the fruit are dramatic: overnight it turns dark green and later brown-black, and goes from rock hard to soft and mushy. Do not refrigerate until ripe. Ripe fruit or pulp may be refrigerated for a few days, however, freezing is better. Frozen whole fruit or pulp retains its subtle flavour for more than six months, and frozen pulp is suitable for use in any recipe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Preparing\/serving:<\/span> Only eaten when very soft. Simply cut the fruit in half around the centre and scoop out the flesh and remove the seeds. Very soft fruit has a delicate skin, which may disintegrate when cut. Flavour is enhanced by the addition of a little rum, vanilla, cream or coffee liqueur (Kahlua or Tia Maria). It makes a delicious ice cream and is also great in mousses, cakes, cheesecakes, muffins, bread and preserves.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Variety: <\/span>Various seedling selections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLACK SAPOTE Diospyros digyna \u201cNATURES NATURAL CHOCOLATE\u201d Other names: Chocolate Pudding Fruit, BlackPersimmon. Intro: Not a fresh fruit to be eaten off the tree. History: Native to Mexico. Shape: The fruit is about the size of a very large apple and tomato-shaped. Weight\/size: Typically weighing 700g to 900g and ranging between 60 -120mm in diameter. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4104,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/4104"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}