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Ambarela (breadfruit dessert in coconut milk)

Dessert made from ripe breadfruit flesh, gently cooked with sugar, coconut milk and vanilla. Its melting texture and sweet fragrance make it a typical dessert of the fruit season.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Remove the flesh from the breadfruit, take out the seeds and cut it into pieces.
  2. Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds.
  3. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the breadfruit.
  4. Let it fry for 5 minutes over medium heat, gently mashing the pieces.
  5. Add the coconut milk, sugar, vanilla and a pinch of salt.
  6. Simmer over low heat for 20 to 25 minutes until it becomes a thick compote.
  7. Serve warm or cold, sprinkled with grated coconut if you like.

Variations and tips

With what you can find here. Fresh breadfruit is rare outside tropical areas; use a tin of breadfruit in syrup, well drained.

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