{"id":3883,"date":"2009-10-12T22:17:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T12:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.australiantropicalfoods.com\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2014-02-15T16:40:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T06:40:04","slug":"feature-product-black-sapote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/feature-product-black-sapote\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature Product &#8211; Black Sapote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/black_sapote011.jpg\"><\/a>\u00a0Available Now until the end of January<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>NATURES NATURAL CHOCOLATE\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Other names<\/strong>:<\/span> Diospyros digyna<a href=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/black_sapote011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3885\" title=\"black_sapote011\" src=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/black_sapote011.jpg\" alt=\"black_sapote011\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/black_sapote011.jpg 200w, https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/black_sapote011-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>, Chocolate Pudding Fruit, BlackPersimmon.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Intro:<\/span><\/strong> Not a fresh fruit to be eaten off the tree.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>History<\/strong>:<\/span> Native to Mexico<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Shape<\/strong>:<\/span> The fruit is about the size of a very large apple and tomato-shaped.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Weight\/size<\/strong>:<\/span> Typically weighing 700g to 900g and ranging between 60 -120mm in diameter.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Colour<\/strong>:<\/span> The fruit has a bright green and shiny skin when unripe. When it ripens, the skin turns dark brown.\u00a0 The flesh is black when ripe.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Taste:<\/span><\/strong> The flesh tastes like chocolate, but only when perfectly ripe. The taste is otherwise slightly bitter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Buying\/storage<\/strong>:<\/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><strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Preparing\/serving:<\/span><\/strong> 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>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Available Now until the end of January \u201cNATURES NATURAL CHOCOLATE\u201d Other names: Diospyros digyna, 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chefs-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=3883"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4883,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions\/4883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australiantropicalfoods.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}