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Cherimoya

Mark Twain called it the most delicious fruit known to men. It tastes like banana custard and bruises like one.

on its own
1.0sour
4.0sweet
0.0savoury
0.0bitter
0.0umami
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2 of these 12 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

12 pairings for Cherimoya.

Lime

classic

No acid whatsoever in the flesh; without citrus it collapses into perfumed sugar.

Cream

common

Already custard-textured; the dairy extends it rather than changing anything.

Vanilla

common

The fruit smells of vanillin already. This is confirmation, not addition.

Banana

common

Shared isoamyl acetate. Blended, the two are chemically almost the same smoothie.

Orange

common

Spain grows both in the same valleys; citrus acid over custard flesh, nothing else.

Coconut

common

Two lactone fats; the milk gives the flesh a body it starts to lose the moment it ripens.

Pisco

uncommon

Muscat esters and a floral custard fruit; both Andean, both perfumed.

Passionfruit

uncommon

Sharp tropical acid against blank sweetness; the pairing is a correction.

Eucalyptol cuts a sweetness with no acid to cut it; sharper than a citrus would be.

Sake

rare

Ginjo esters and custard fruit run on the same molecules. It reads as one drink.

Cocoa butter on custard flesh is fat on fat, and only the perfume survives.

Nutty solids over banana-vanilla; it starts tasting like a tarte tatin from the tropics.