Chef’s Corner

Florida tropical fruits offer an endless variety of flavors, textures, aromas, and colors for those who use our tropical fruits in their dishes. From the creamy, smooth texture of a Carrie Mango to the crispy, crunch of a sweet Arkin Starfruit, our fresh tropical fruits make delicious pies, drinks, salads, stir-fry’s, or just served plain, as sweet as they are!

Please click on the fruit below to learn more about our Florida tropicals. On each page you will find:

• storage suggestions
• handling tips
• counts and weights
• recipes

The recipes you will see here have been created by local professional and amateur chefs from , as well as growers who have shared their old family recipes using the tropical fruit that they know so . Many of the recipes were submitted by chefs from the Les Dames Escoffier organization from local chapters across the United States.  We are grateful to all of them for sharing their culinary ideas with us, so that we can in turn, share them with you.

Anonna a.k.a. Sugar Apple	Avocado	Banana/Plantain	Caimito	Carambola
Dragon Fruit	Guava	Jakfruit	Longan	Lychee
Mamey Sapote	Mango	Papaya	Passion Fruit	Sapodilla