Cupuaçu

Theobroma grandiflorum

fruit

A large brown fruit, a cousin of cacao, with creamy, fragrant, tangy white pulp; as juice, ice cream or cream in Brazil.

Origin

Brazilian Amazon

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The hard shell is cracked; the pulp is pulled off the large seeds, which make cupulate, a cousin of chocolate.

Did you know?

Close to the cacao tree, it grows in the south and south-east of the Brazilian Amazon; the state of Pará is the leading producer.