Mammy Apple
About
Large round tropical fruit weighing up to 7lbs. It has a thick light brown skin with a taste similar to a mango. Mammy apples grow in the caribbean and are popular in Jamaica
Information
Other names: Sweetsop, Mammy, Sugar Apple, Mamey, Arabic قشطة, Mammy-Apple
Translations: Māmiņa Apple, Mama Apple, Mămiţică Apple, Mẹ Apple, Mamusia Apple, अम्मी सेब, Мамушка Apple, مامي أبل, 엄마 애플, Máma Apple, Nanay Apple, 马米苹果, Mamita Apple, Memi Apple, Mama Apple, אמא אפל, Мама јабука, マミーアップル, Mareta Apple, Мамушка Apple, Äiti Apple, Мама Apple
Physical Description
These fruits are perfectly round, and approximately the size of a cantaloupe. The exterior is light brown with darker speckles, and the skin is very thick. The interior is a bright orange color, with a texture that is comparable to pumpkin.
Colors: Light brown, orange, dark brown.
Tasting Notes
Flavors: Similar to mango.
Mouthfeel: Texture is similar to mango, Or cantaloupe.
Food complements: Other fruits, Carribean food.
Wine complements: Any
Beverage complements: Juice, Water, Tropical mixed drinks.
Substitutes: Mango
Selecting and Buying
Choosing: Mammy apples are not very good if they are not fully ripe. Be sure to pick one that has had time to fully mature, although it is sometimes hard to tell because the skin remains very thick.
Buying: These fruits are not easily found away from their natural origin. They are not internationally popular, and so are usually impossible to find anywhere that is not the Carribean.
Procuring: These fruits grow on trees that are about 18-21m high, and so are somewhat difficult to harvest.
Preparation and Use
These fruits are best served fresh, or are sometimes made into jam. Used fresh, they are usually mixed into fruit salads, or with wine, sugar and cream. It is commonly made into jam in the Bahamas.
Cleaning: Ths fruit has its own protective shell, so removing it is all that is needed.
Conserving and Storing
As previously stated, they can be preserved in the form of jam, but other than that they are not easily stored for long periods of time.
Comments
March 31, 2012
I do not think the photo on this page is the mammy apple: just test it to the description that is posted on the page. The photo is of what is called in Anguilla a sugar apple, which is very soft, white and has large black seeds inside. The mammy apple has orange flesh in a completely round fruit.
June 13, 2012
The fruit shown is call a Sugar Apple. Please update.