Chikoo Sapota 500g

Chikoo, also called sapota or sapodilla, is a small brown-skinned fruit with soft, grainy, very sweet flesh similar in texture to a ripe pear, and a few hard black seeds inside that are not eaten. It has no widely used German name.

It is eaten fresh on its own once ripe, and is sometimes blended into a milkshake or added to fruit salad.

How to use

• Choose fruit that gives slightly to gentle pressure; hard fruit is unripe and can be left at room temperature to soften over a few days.
• Peel the thin skin away before eating, and remove the black seeds as you go.
• Once ripe, refrigerate and use within a couple of days, as the flesh spoils quickly.