Papaya and Mango…YUM!

After a busy weekend of fun.  I looked at my counter and yes, there they were looking back at me… very ripe mangos and papaya.  This fruit is delicious in its peak, but after that not so tasty fresh anymore.  Having you found yourself in this exact situation?  Don’t waste it!

After washing the fruit and removing the skin and seeds, I took all the meat of the fruits and chopped them roughly.  They were than placed into a sauce pan to cook down slowly until thickened with no residual water remaining in the pan from the fruit.  Pureed in a blender and presto, fresh jam with no added sugar.   The beauty of most fruits is that they have so much natural sweetness and rich flavor when cooked down in a very ripe state.

I am storing in the refrigerator to use on anything from toast to rice cakes to crackers or as a natural sweetener in baked goods in place of applesauce.   You may also freeze if you are not into the process of canning and your refrigerator is overfull at the moment.

Don’t worry, you can do this with any combination of fruits you choose and have available to you at your spot on the globe.  We just happen to be in a tropical fruit paradise and eating it up.  YUMMY!