Biriba

Rollinia deliciosa · Fruit

40 pairings

Biriba (Rollinia deliciosa, now often placed as Annona mucosa) is a soft, custard-apple of the Amazon — a tropical fruit in the soursop family whose creamy white pulp tastes uncannily of lemon-meringue custard. Its rounded, heart- or kidney-shaped fruit is studded with fleshy conical knobs and ripens to a soft, bruise-prone yellow.

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UnderripeOverripe

Yellowing, just givingSweet already but still firm enough to carry home without bruising. It finishes on the counter; full yellow and an even softness are the signal, not a day count.Buy this one

SkinGreen washing out to yellow, only a cast left between the knobs

GivePresses in slowly at the shoulders and comes back

SmellSweet and lightly citric right up against the skin

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