{"id":3337,"date":"2009-07-12T23:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.australiantropicalfoods.com\/?page_id=3337"},"modified":"2009-07-17T16:44:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T06:44:15","slug":"achacha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/exotic-fruits\/achacha\/","title":{"rendered":"Achacha"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"achacha-13\"<\/a>ACHACHA\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> Garcinia humilis (previously known as Rheedia laterifolia)<\/p>\n

Other names:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> Achachair\u00fa, a Guran\u00ed Indian term which translates as \u201choney kiss\u201d<\/p>\n

History:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Originated in tropical rainforests of Amazonian Bolivia, South America, now grown in North Queensland<\/p>\n

Shape:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Round to pear-shaped<\/p>\n

Weight \/ size:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 40-90gms \/ 4-6cm in diameter, 6-8cm long<\/p>\n

Colour:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Orange skin which is firm and protective but easy to open (see below);\u00a0 pearly white flesh which separates easily from skin.\u00a0 One or two seeds, depending on size.<\/p>\n

Taste:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Subtle delicate sweetness followed by lemony tart flavours<\/p>\n

Buying:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 The Achacha is picked ripe, and doesn\u2019t ripen further on storage.\u00a0 Skin may have slight colour variations and or small bumps which do not affect the taste.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Storage:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Chill in crisper unit (5-7\u00b0C ) before eating fresh or if planning to eat within a few days; wrap in newspaper if planning to leave it in fridge for a longer period;
\nIt should last for many weeks at 12-14\u00b0C \u2013 but this temperature is not easy to find in a domestic environment!
\n\u00a0At room temperature, 15-25\u00b0C, it will decorate your home and last a couple of weeks;\u00a0
\nIn a dark container, it will last for several weeks;\u00a0
\nFrozen in or out of its skin, it will last for months but should be consumed as it thaws.<\/p>\n

As the fruit ages, it begins to wrinkle from the stem, but still retains its excellent, unique flavour; cool in fridge and serve out of its skin.<\/p>\n

Preparaton:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 To open, lightly pierce skin on circumference with thumbnail or a knife, and squeeze in the opposite direction; the skin will readily fracture around the circumference revealing the pearly white flesh.\u00a0 Then either eat direct from the skin, or take the flesh out with a spoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Serving:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>It contains less than half the sugars present in other comparable \u201cspecial\u201d exotic fruits, so can be consumed fresh in large volumes as a snack \u2013 as it is in its original Amazonian environment. It is best eaten chilled. It can be served fresh as a palate cleanser between courses, or as a dessert in its half-skin, or with other fruit. The pulp with seed can be frozen and added to a sparkling wine, then consumed \u2013 both the wine and the pulp benefit from this process!<\/p>\n

The pulp can be separated from the skin and seed and made into a delicious sorbet, into a jam, a paste, or added to sauces which are often served with seafood.<\/p>\n

The skins, blended with water and with a little sugar and mint, make a delicious drink. Traditionally in the Amazon a similar drink has been used for centuries as a hunger suppressant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The whole fruit, frozen, can be kept for many months; it makes an instant dessert which just requires a few minutes on the table before it is ready to open and eat as a natural sorbet.<\/p>\n

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ACHACHA\u00a0 Garcinia humilis (previously known as Rheedia laterifolia) Other names:\u00a0 Achachair\u00fa, a Guran\u00ed Indian term which translates as \u201choney kiss\u201d History:\u00a0 Originated in tropical rainforests of Amazonian Bolivia, South America, now grown in North Queensland Shape:\u00a0 Round to pear-shaped Weight \/ size:\u00a0 40-90gms \/ 4-6cm in diameter, 6-8cm long Colour:\u00a0 Orange skin which is firm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3337","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=3337"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3342,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3337\/revisions\/3342"}],"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=3337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}