Desserts
Fruits de saison (mangoes, papayas)
A plate of ripe, sweet, juicy fruit, served at the end of a meal or as a snack. It is the simplest and most refreshing dessert on hot days in Kinshasa.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Instructions
- Wash the fruit thoroughly in clean water.
- Peel the mangoes with a paring knife, then slice the flesh away from the stone.
- Cut the papaya in half, scoop out the black seeds, peel it and cut it into cubes.
- Peel the pineapple, remove the core and cut it into thin slices or chunks.
- Peel the bananas and slice them into thick rounds just before serving.
- Arrange the fruit alternately on a large platter, drizzle with lime juice if you like.
- Serve chilled, sweetened to taste if the fruit is not very sweet.
Variations and tips
Fruit salad. Mix all the fruit in a bowl with a few chopped mint leaves.
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Congo - Kinshasa
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Congo - Kinshasa
Congo - Kinshasa
Congo - Kinshasa
Original Ecomely recipe.