Title: Cherimoya Basics
Categories: Dessert Fruit
Yield: 1 Servings

SELECTING,STORING,PREPARING
		Annona reticulata

ALSO CALLED: Custard Apples

SEASON: November through May

LOOK FOR: Large fruit, uniformly green, with rough, petal like indentations. Avoid fruit with cracks or dark brown skin.

TO STORE: If necessary, ripen cherimoyas at room temperature until they yield to gentle pressure. Refrigerate cherimoyas and use them within 1 to 2 days.

TO PREPARE: Wash the fruit; cut it lengthwise into halves or quarters. Serve as you would melon wedges. Discard seeds when eating.

Source: The New Good Housekeeping Cookbook ISBN: 0-688-03897-2 Typos by Dorothy Flatman 1995

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