So the African Star Apple is in season again... (around December - March), well in Nigeria that is. (Click here to read more about African Star Apples)
I am sharing a recipe which I developed a while back and have just failed to post due to oversight...! It was really exciting at the time for me, and I think its actually a first, have not seen it anywhere else.
The exciting sweet and sour taste of this fruit makes it really adaptable for use in making different types of desserts and / or snacks.
Well, not a lot to say but do really, so see below how I achieved this exotic dish...
What you need
- Good quality milk chocolate
- Ripe Agbalumo
- Demerara Sugar
What to do
- I started off by scooping out the flesh of some star fruits and chopping finely. I then sweetened with sugar. (The amount of sugar you use depends on your preference).
- Next spread the flesh on a baking tray and oven dried for several hours. Care must be taken not to cook or burn the flesh.
- You need to set the oven to low temperature not higher than 50 degrees C.
- Check regularly to monitor the drying process. (you can sun dry as an alternative to the step). Once dried enough, I rolled out the flesh into a thing layer.
- Then melt some chocolate, again spread out a layer into a mould of your choice. Then place the thin layer of the agbalumo over the base layer of chocolate. Then carefully pour over a second layer of chocolate, to cover the middle layer of agbalumo. Place the chocolate/agbalumo layers into the refrigerator to set.
- Enjoy...
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| Chopped agbalumo flesh |
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| Chopped and dried agbalumo flesh |
