This could be a dessert, but Caribbean Red® papaya is so nutritious it holds its own as a side dish with any entrée. You can bake papaya with any topping. But once you try passion fruit, you’ll add it to other recipes as well.
- Yield: 4 servings
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
Passionate papaya strips
Ingredients
- Nonfat cooking spray
- Fresh ginger - 1 inch
- Florida passionfruit - 2
- Light brown sugar - 2 tbs.
- Honey - 1 tbs.
- Limes - 2
- Caribbean Red papaya - 1
- Sour cream - 2 tbs.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°. Spray nonfat cooking spray on a 10"x13" baking dish.
- Peel the ginger. Using a ceramic grater, grate the ginger into small pieces (minced). Add to a small bowl.
- Cut the passion fruit in half across the middle. Scoop out the insides and add to the bowl.
- Add the ginger, sugar, honey and the juice of one lime to the bowl.
- Peel the papaya. Cut off the ends. Cut in half and scoop out and discard the seeds. Cut lengthwise into 1-inch strips. Arrange the papaya strips in the baking dish. Sprinkle the ginger-sugar mixture evenly over the slices.
- Bake 30 minutes. Every 10 minutes, spoon the ginger-sugar mixture over the papaya.
- Serve warm with lime wedges and a dollop of sour cream.
