Wood apple cream

Wood apples are cricket ball-sized pungent fruit whose sticky brown pulp is encased in a very hard shell. When ripe they look slightly mouldy and should rattle when shaken. The flesh is not eaten raw but is best made into a drink or jam.

Wood apple jam is commercially available and is lovely on toast. This drink, in which the wood apple pulp is mixed with freshly squeezed coconut milk, is hard to beat and has a cult-like following.