Lucuma fruit, also known as lion's head fruit, the fruit is spherical, when immature is tender green, ripe consequences are light green to orange, because the material resembles egg yolk and has a fragrance. In addition to being eaten raw, lucuma can also be made with applesauce, chilled whipped cream, drinks or fruit wine. So where does the lucuma originate? When will it be mature to go public? Let's take a look at it with Xiaobian.
1. Where is the origin of lucuma?
Lucuma is native to cuba and tropical North America, and is mainly distributed in Central and South America, northeast India, northern Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and southern China. It was introduced in China in the 1930s and cultivated in Guangzhou in the 1950s. Now it is planted in Tropical South Asia tropical areas such as Hainan Province, Guangdong Province, Guangxi Province, Yunnan Province, and Fujian Province.
2. When does the lucuma ripen?
Lucuma flowers in spring and in autumn. The flowers are open to the public from May to June and have a long flowering period. It begins to ripen in December and needs to be cooked for 4 to 7 days before it can be eaten.
Third, the correct way to eat lucuma
1: Wash the lucuma. The skin of the lucuma fruit is somewhat similar to the skin of the mango, with a little green in the yellow, which is very smooth, so it can be rinsed slightly with water. It should be noted that the skin of the lucuma fruit cannot be eaten, and it is washed to prevent the knife edge from getting dirty when cutting, and then contaminating the pulp.
2: Cut the lucuma. Use a knife to separate the golden fruit from the middle into two halves. After the golden fruit is cut, it is completely egg-yellow, and the golden fruit has several large cores. The lucuma is soft and requires a spoon. Gently scoop out the flesh of the golden fruit with a spoon, put it in your mouth and savor it.
3, lucuma fruit bought back at room temperature for about a week, gently pinch the fruit with your hand, feel that the whole fruit becomes soft and edible, do not eat the skin and core. Although there is no fragrance, the flesh is sweet and soft, similar to the taste of mango, yellow meat sweet potato, and cooked egg yolk, which is still very good.
4. For unripe lucuma, it is recommended not to eat it. The peel of the immature lucuma is light green, and most of the peel after ripe lucuma is yellow, which indicates that it can be harvested after the peel turns yellow. When the lucuma fruit is not ripe or the flesh is not soft, the taste is very astringent and not delicious, but it is still ok as an ingredient for juice drinks.
The above is the introduction of the origin of lucuma, lucuma fruit flesh is sweet and soft, similar to mango, yellow meat sweet potato, cooked egg yolk taste, or very good. In addition to raw food, the fruit can be made with jam, ice cream, drinks or cider.