The purple or reddish, brittle cocoa beans are first fermented with the help of the sweet pulp for about 10 days, which reduces the bitter substances and slowly develops the typical cocoa aroma.
Brown gram: Vigna mungo (seeds) Used since ancient times The small, dark Brown Grams have been cultivated in India for 3000 to 4000 years. They are cooked in a whole, halved (separate cotyledons) or sprouted. Dried and processed into flour,
The beads refine or decorate sparkling wine, desserts, sushi or wherever a sour, fresh citrus flavour is welcome.
It is still a stubbornly held legend that the fruits of the rowanberry or mountain ash are poisonous. The small fruits are ideal for jam, mash, liqueur…
The variety morello cherry (subsp. acida) is well-known and often traded in glass jars, as compotes and jam, and it is an essential ingredient in the Black Forest gateau.
The rather large fruits are steamed, roasted, stewed and baked, they can be filled.
Krachai is closely related to ginger and shares many of its properties as a spice, so that it can be used wherever ginger is needed.
This wild form of african rice is used in times of food scarcity until today and is sometimes even sold as a crop at local markets.
The very firm, pleasant-smelling and astringent tasting fruits can be cooked and then juiced. For example, a jelly can be prepared from the juice.
The fruits of the Florentine citron are hanging on the branches like an upside down pear.
Under the slightly leathery skin is a soft, mealy pulp with a flavour reminiscent of mango and pineapple.