Fresh cacao pods hooray, but what to do?
@evert-jan-de-kort-choqoacom
07/27/10 08:28:03AM
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I'm very glad with the freshly harvested cacao pods a friend of me brought straight from Sao Tome as a souvenir gift! Just 5 to play with, but I don't know how to keep m best though.
They are supposedly 4 days old and still closed, I would love to taste the raw 'pulp' in it, but how long can I keep them "juicy" and what other tips do you have te preserve them as well as possible? Dry them in the oven or so? ...
thanks for your help, I'll open a first one anyway
updated by @evert-jan-de-kort-choqoacom: 04/09/15 12:31:01PM
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The recipe below is in the site of CEPLAC (government company that researches cocoa plantations in Brazil). Unhappily all of the information are in Portuguese, but they can be translated with an electronic translator. There is, also, recipes for an alcoholic drink and home-made chocolate. See in:
http://www.ceplac.gov.br/radar/geleia_cacau.htm
"Filter 2 liters of cocoa nectar (or cocoa honey) in fine cloth and spill in a container of stainless steel or aluminum beating; Increase 1 Kg of refined and light sugar and put in the high fire, moving with a teflon spoon or of wood, until to boil and to dissolve the sugar completely; Let to boil from 10 to 20 minutes, to depend on the stove type and burners, until obtaining the point. Point: Dip a skimmer or spoon and soon afterwards, lift a height above the steams liberated by the heating of the mixture. Tilt to pick so that it allows to spill the jelly. In case it forms a fine layer (a small drop similar to bee honey) in the border of the skimmer, it is in the ideal point. At this time, add to the jelly lemon drops or citric acid solution. Move the mixture well and turn off the fire With the jelly hot. Put in packing that allows hermetic (without entrance of air) closing and remove the foam with a spoon. Close the pots tightly and leave capsized them from 3 to 5 minutes to guarantee the best conservation of the product. After this period, return the pots to the normal position".
Cocoa gelly taste very good and diferent from all the gelly you have tried in the past...
We sold cacao jelly through the internet to Brazil. We have pure jelly, with pepper, and with ginger. See in:
http://www.dietacrua.com.br/alimentos/geleias.html
Let me know if you need more information.
@angenieux-drupa
07/12/14 03:48:52PM
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hello Mr Adeir boida
i was wondering if there is a recipe for cupuacu jelly,as i am de pulping some now . i am actually trying since a couple of months to make cupuacu bars with the seeds proceeding like cacao nibs. lots of people here love it.
you surely know about cupulate, have you ever tryed?i am from french guiana
@adeir-boida-de-andrade
07/12/14 06:11:43PM
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HI
My apologies but unhappily, I never used the cupuau. Nor the seeds, nor the pulp, nor the nectar.
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