Fruits Puerto Rican cuisine

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acerola cherry



green , red cubanelle peppers used make sofríto



ajicitos / cachucha or better known ají dulce; habanero chili pepper s mild cousin.



ajíes caballero hot pepper native puerto rico. known puerto rican jelly bean hot chili pepper.



acerola cherry
sugar apple/anón
avocado – grows practically wild, commonly consumed in salads.
bananas/guineos – there many different types of bananas throughout island. ripe , unripe bananas used in savory , sweet dishes , beverages.
chrysophyllum cainito/caimito
orangelo/chironja – combination of orange , pomelo, original name grapefruit, , native fruit of puerto rico.
citrus – there many types of citrus fruit grown , used on island. lime, lemon, bitter orange, , oranges being used juicing , marinating meats.
coconut/coco – common dessert ingredient. many delectable desserts made milk (leche de coco), including coconut flan, coconut cream desserts, crunchy coconut squares, coconut meringue, candied coconut rice, , coconut bread pudding (boudin de pasas con coco).
custard apple/corazón
cucumber
frambuesas – raspberries (rubus rosifolius)
guava
jackfruit
jobo – refreshing orangy yellow fruit spiky kernel
mamey – fruit extinct; until when began cultivated again. popular among cubans , dominicans live in puerto rico. pulp vermilion-colored , excellent use in juice , ice cream.
quenepa
mammee apple – used make syrup-based preserves , desserts, although, when ripe, eaten raw. indigenous america , acclimated puerto rico @ time of christopher columbus arrival.
mango
nance
okra/quimbombó – arrived africa , eaten stewed fried, pickled, in soups , in salads.
papaya
passion fruit/parcha
pineapple/piña – native fruit island. puerto rico grows 4 varieties of pineapple.
pepper – sweet hot peppers important part of puerto rican cooking. meals made combination of sweet, mild, , hot peppers.
pomarrosa – appelroo (tropical apple / syzygium malaccense)
pomegranate
sea grape
soursop/guanábana
starfruit/carambola
tomato
melon – many varieties grow on island sweet bitter. common in salads , juicing.






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