Açai - Açaí

Açai’s look is similar to a blueberry in colour and size, with a seed the diameter of a pea. One berry holds very little pulp, but fortunately, the fruit grows like a weed on a type of palm tree with a slender trunk generally 25 metres high. Just about every part of the tree can be used: the fruit and its seeds, the roots, the hearts of palm and the fruit stalks. But the most esteemed harvest is the fruit itself, which produces the açai juice, extracted by a process of maceration. For cooking purposes, the fruit must be bought in its frozen pulp version, then thawed before using.