Baked papaya

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 large papaya, ripe, approx. 1.5 kg
• 1 vanilla pod(s)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp brown rum, 40%
• 100 ml coconut milk
• 1 tsp sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

Caribbean dessert

Preheat the oven to 200°C (top/bottom heat), 180°C (fan oven). Peel and halve the papaya, and scoop out the seeds with a spoon. Cut the flesh into cubes. Tip: It looks pretty if you use a melon baller to cut the papaya into balls; this saves you the trouble of peeling the fruit. Place the papaya pieces in a baking dish. Scrape out the seeds from the vanilla pod. Mix with lemon juice, rum, coconut milk, and sugar, and sprinkle over the fruit. You can use more sugar depending on the ripeness of the fruit and your personal taste. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes. Tip: Don’t throw away the papaya seeds! You can sprinkle them over salads, for example, or dry them; see the Papaya Pepper recipe in the database.