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# Postharvest, Processing, and Cooking with Pawpaws

Sheri Crabtree

Kentucky State University

College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems

Atwood Research Facility, Frankfort, KY 40601

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The Pawpaw Fruit

Rich flavor and aroma

resembling banana and

mango, with pineapple,

coconut, melon, caramel, and

vanilla undertones

Smooth, custard-like texture

Nutritious and high in

antioxidant activity

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## Pawpaw Market Potential

Farmers Markets

- Fruit: $1 each

- $2 to 3/pound Gourmet Market - Frozen pulp - Ice cream Restaurants, wineries < div style = "text-align: center;" > < img src = "imgs/imginimagebox129552233742006.jpg" alt = "Image" width = "61%" / > < /div > Kentucky Pawpaw100/each

Kentucky

Pawpaw

$2.00/mm6



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The Potential of Pawpaw

Fresh market-unique flavor

Value-added products

Short shelf life and highly perishable

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DANELI FARM - VERSAILLES

NATURALLY GROWN

PAWPAW

$3.49/LB

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Frozen Pawpaw Pulp

Ingredienta Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) pulp: Ascorbic acid

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Pawpaw Harvest

Skin color is not a reliable indicator of ripeness- fruit may or may not exhibit a yellow color break when ripe

Fruit may be picked when slightly soft and fruit pulls away easily from the tree

Fruit will drop when soft-ripe

Ripe fruit bruises easily-handle with care

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## Postharvest

Fully ripe fruit have a shelf life of just 2-3 days

Fruit may be picked when just beginning to soften and stored in the refrigerator for ~2 weeks, then brought out to fully ripen at room temp

Processing and freezing pulp allows longer term storage

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Things to look out for:

Bruising- often bitter

Red/pink discoloration- could be bacterial or fungal?

Fruit borer larvae

Skin is bitter

Large row of inedible seeds

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## Processing pulp manually - Hand processing - Labor intensive

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Ziplog

913103 10-35

8/26/03 Taytwo

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## Roma Food Processor with Grape Spiral with Pumpkin Screen

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Hand processing results in 50% of total weight in pulp; mechanized ~40%

Select large fruit for ease of processing

Lower percent seed

– Higher percentage of pulp recovered

- KSU-Atwood, Susquehanna, Sunflower, Potomac, Wabash, NC-1, Overleese are recommended varieties with large fruit and fewer seeds.

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Pawpaw pulp can be stored in freezer

bags for up to 2 years

Thaw in refrigerator

Pawpaw pulp can be used in ice cream, smoothies, cakes, cookies, jams, and more

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## Value-added products

Pawpaw spirits

Baked goods

Ice cream

Jam and preserves

Hot sauce, salsa, BBQ sauce

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## Pawpaw spirits

Beer

Wine

Brandy

CKEYE OREW

CLEVELAND

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Dancing Tree

distillery

Produced by Original Distillation from Sourceeastern Ohio Pawpaws

Pawpaw BRANDY

40% ALC / VOL. 80 PROOF

Discussed and Hand Bottled by

Dancin Tree discellery

Shade Ohio usa

375ML

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## Baked goods

Cakes, Cookies, Bread

Pie, Custard, Crème brulee, Pudding

Most recipes containing banana can be substituted with an equal amount of pawpaw pulp.

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## Pawpaw ice cream

KSU Pawpaw Ice Cream recipe:

- 1.5 cups pawpaw pulp

- 4 cups milk

- 4 cups cream

– 3 cups sugar

Mix well and freeze in ice cream freezer

Pawpaw pulp can also be blended with yogurt, or used in a fruit smoothie

PawPaw Home made ICE CREAM



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UMMER TOMAT

GRADE YOUR HEALTHSTYLE

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## Pawpaw jam

6 cups pawpaw puree

4 cups sugar

One packet pectin

1.5 tsp

Simmer pawpaw puree on stovetop, slowly adding sugar. Simmer and stir for 8 minutes. Add pectin, bring to boil, and turn off heat. Pour into sterilized jars and place in hot water bath for 10 minutes.

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## Hot sauces and salsa

Substitute pawpaw in fruit salsa recipes containing mango, papaya, peach, or pineapple

Pawpaw barbeque sauce and hot sauce



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## Questions?