Try these refreshingly tasty and colourful pawpaw dishes from our Food Editor Ntwenhle Gcabashe.
1. Pawpaw and Rice Salad
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serves: 2
- ½ pawpaw, deseeded and sliced
- 1 cup brown rice, cooked
- Handful baby spinach
- ½ red onion, sliced
- 1 avocado, sliced
- Handful fresh coriander leaves
- Salad dressing, for serving
- Grilled chicken breast, for serving
- 2 poached eggs, for serving
- Lime wedges, for serving
- Arrange pawpaw, rice, spinach, onions, avocado and coriander leaves on a salad platter. Drizzle with salad dressing.
- Serve with grilled chicken, eggs and lime wedges.
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2. Rainbow Parfait
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4–5
- 1 cup pawpaw, mashed
- 1 cup cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon castor sugar
- 1 tablespoon (15ml) lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 cup coconut biscuits, crushed
- Mint leaves, for serving
- Pawpaw pieces, for serving
- Strawberries, for serving
- Blueberries, for serving
- In a bowl, whisk cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, lemon juice and zest. Mix well.
- In a dessert bowl, layer crushed biscuits (reserve some for dusting), cream cheese mixture and pawpaw. Top with mint leaves, pawpaw pieces and berries.
- Dust with remaining biscuits. Refrigerate before serving.
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3. Pawpaw Cheesecake
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serves: 7–8
- ½ pawpaw, mashed
- 1X packet biscuits
- 1 cup white chocolate, chopped
- ½ cup butter (melted)
- 2 cups fresh cream, whipped
- ½ cup icing sugar
- Pawpaw slices, for serving
- Crushed pistachio nuts, for serving
- Mix biscuits, chocolate and butter in a bowl. ress firmly into a lightly greased baking tin.
- In a separate bowl, mix cream and sugar until smooth. Add pawpaw and m
- Spoon mixture onto biscuit base. Smooth cake with the back of a dessert spoon. Refrigerate until set.
- Serve with pawpaw slices and crushed nuts.
