🍴 Canistel custard toast: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes

• 🟡Mash Canistel (Eggfruit) with a bit of cream and cinnamon, spread on toast, and broil until golden.
• 🟡Like dessert for breakfast!

Canistel Custard Toast: Exotic Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 ripe Canistel (Eggfruit), mashed
• 2 tbsp cream
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 slices of bread

Instructions

1. Preheat broiler.
2. Mash Canistel with cream and cinnamon until smooth.
3. Spread mixture on bread slices.
4. Broil until golden and slightly caramelized.
5. Serve warm, like dessert for breakfast.

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🍴 Betel leaf bites: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Spread coconut, peanuts, lime bits, and palm sugar on a Piper betle leaf.
• 🟢Fold and chew for a refreshing, spicy-sweet treat.

Betel Leaf Bites (Quick and Fun Exotic Snack)

Ingredients

• 6 fresh betel leaves (Piper betle)
• 2 tbsp shredded coconut
• 2 tbsp roasted peanuts
• 2 tbsp palm sugar sauce or thick palm syrup
• 1 tbsp finely diced lime (with rind)
• 1 tbsp finely minced ginger (optional)
• 1 small chili, sliced (optional)

Instructions

1. Rinse the betel leaves and pat dry. Keep whole leaves for folding.
2. Place each leaf shiny side down. Add a pinch of shredded coconut, roasted peanuts, diced lime, and a small dollop of palm sugar sauce.
3. Add ginger or chili if you want extra heat.
4. Fold the leaf into a small triangular packet.
5. Serve freshly folded and enjoy the refreshing sweet-spicy-lime flavor.

🛒 Plant your own Betel Leaf

📚 Learn more:

• Piper betle in Plant Encyclopedia
• How to grow your own Pepper plants. Five most valuable Pipers
• Plant Smarter: Grow Your Own Brain Boosters
• 10-minute recipe Bo La Lot with a leaf you’ve never cooked before

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🍴 Ackee skillet scramble: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔴Boil ripe, naturally opened Ackee pieces for a few minutes until tender, then drain well.
• 🔴Saute chopped onion and a few tomato bits in a little oil until soft.
• 🔴Add cooked salted cod (or skip it) and gently fold in the cooked ackee.
• 🔴Warm it through on low heat and serve as a soft, creamy tropical scramble.

Ackee Skillet Scramble

Ingredients

• Ripe ackee pieces (naturally opened)
• Chopped onion
• Tomato bits
• Oil for sauteing
• Cooked salted cod (optional)

Instructions

1. Boil ripe ackee pieces for a few minutes until tender, then drain well.
2. Saute chopped onion and tomato bits in a little oil until soft.
3. Add cooked salted cod if using.
4. Gently fold in the cooked ackee.
5. Warm through on low heat and serve as a soft tropical scramble.

🛒 Plant Ackee tree and harvest fruit you can't get from the store!

📚 Learn more:

• Ackee breakfast scramble with hot peppers
• Banned Jamaican fruit: why you never see fresh Akee in U.S. stores
• Akee taste of deliciousness
• Are these new Christmas ornaments? Ackee monster fruit!
• What is number one tree-grown vegetable? Akee - Jamaican fruit that is actually a vegetable growing on a tree

📱 What is Akee - Jamaica's National Fruit - and how to grow it
📱 How to cook perfect Akee?

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🍴 Sugar apple spoon mash: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🟢Scoop out ripe Sugar Apple flesh and mash lightly with a fork, removing seeds as you go.
• 🟢Stir in a splash of chilled coconut milk.
• 🟢Serve it half-frozen like a tropical slush, eaten straight from the bowl.

Sugar Apple Spoon Mash

Ingredients

• 1 ripe Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa)
• 2 to 3 tbsp chilled coconut milk

Instructions

1. Scoop out the ripe Sugar Apple flesh and remove all seeds.
2. Mash the pulp lightly with a fork.
3. Stir in the chilled coconut milk.
4. Serve immediately or half-freeze for a tropical slush.

🛒 Grow Sugar Apples - in containers or in the ground

📚 Learn more:

• Why everyone wants the Sugar Apple?
• Annona squamosa - Sugar Apple - in Plant Encyclopedia
• Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: Annona - Sugar Apple, Custard Apple
• What does Sugar Apple look like and how does it taste?
• This is why Atemoya is better than any other Annonas
• What's inside this bumpy Annona fruit? Delicious Health benefits

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🍴 Black pepper leaf stir-fry: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔴Saute chopped Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) leaves with garlic, chili, and soy sauce.
• 🔴Bold, peppery, and perfect with rice.

Black pepper leaf stir-fry: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) leaves, sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3 to 5 small red chilies
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a skillet.
2. Add garlic and chilies and saute until fragrant.
3. Add sliced Black Pepper leaves and stir-fry on medium heat.
4. Pour in soy sauce and cook until leaves soften.
5. Serve hot with rice.

🛒 Plant your own Black Pepper vine for all your kitchen needs

📚 Learn more:

• Piper nigrum in Plant Encyclopedia
• Cooking with Black Pepper leaves
• What is Pepper madefFrom? Black, white, green, and red
• How to grow your own Pepper plants. Five most valuable 'Pipers'

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