Jackfruit

Allow this jackfruit to fully ripen to let its sweetness shine through. It truly smells and tastes like a natural Juicy Fruit! Eat ripe jackfruit fresh or throw them in a smoothie. You can also include them in your baked goods like this upside down cake by Tasting Table.

Processing this big baby is no simple task, but every morsel is worth it. Click here for a tutorial on how to cut open and process your fruit without ruining your knives.

Ripe jackfruit arils are sometimes seeded, fried, or freeze-dried and sold as jackfruit chips. The seeds from ripe fruits are edible and are said to have a milky, sweet taste often compared to Brazil nuts. They may be boiled, baked, or roasted. When roasted, the flavor of the seeds is comparable to chestnuts.