Rollinia

Rollinia deliciosa · Fruit

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Rollinia (Rollinia deliciosa, now often placed as Annona mucosa) — also widely called biribá — is a soft custard-apple of the Amazon whose creamy white pulp tastes uncannily of lemon-meringue pie. A member of the soursop family, its rounded, heart-shaped fruit is studded with fleshy conical knobs and ripens to a soft, bruise-prone yellow, earning it the nickname "lemon-meringue fruit."

Picking a good onedrag

UnderripeOverripe

Turning yellowSweet already and still firm enough to survive the walk back. The skin bruises at a fingertip, so carry it on its own rather than under anything else.The one to carry home

SkinYellow coming up between the knobs, green left at the tips

GiveFirst give between the knobs, and it pushes back

SmellA first sweetness at the skin, lemony close to the nose

Reading a just ripe one. Move the slider and the rest of this page — nutrition, pairings — re-scores with it.

Preparing