Sweet & Delicious Belleza Papaya's from Brazil!

The papaya’s at Torres Tropical available all year round! 

Our committed growers from Brazil send us these sweet papayas in a beautiful Belleza packaging, represented by our sweet little friend Tuca, the Tucan!

Because it is a very sensitive product, they are packed in foam and paper before being shipped to their destination.  

Two sorts of Belleza papaya’s we provide :

Papaya Golden

The Golden variety is a tropical pear shaped papaya with a soft, juicy orange-red flesh and edible seeds. Healthy and good for your diet: this tropical fruit is rich in fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. For example, it contains lycopene, which is a powerful antioxidant that may help protect cells from damage. 

Papaya Formosa

Belleza offers a nice and sweet papaya Formosa by air. The papaya is a healthy fruit, rich in fibers, vitamins and antioxidants. Formosa papaya is the largest variety of papaya and has a pleasant, sweet aroma. The pear-shaped fruit has a very fine, leathery yellow-green skin. The flesh of the Formosa is firmer and more orange than other varieties. 

How to eat a papaya:

Cut it in half and remove the seeds with a spoon, then you can scoop out the flesh or slice it.

The seeds are also edible and can be used in salads, as a variant of black pepper because of their sharp taste.

Heres a simple and easy recipe without to many ingredients you can try at home to enjoy your papaya:

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons finely grated lime zest (from 2 to 3 medium limes)
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (from 2 to 3 medium limes)
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 mango, peeled and diced (about 2 cups)
• 1 papaya, peeled, seeds removed, and diced (about 2 cups)

Mix the lime zest, lime juice, and honey together in a medium bowl. Add the mango and papaya and stir to combine. And its done! Enjoy!

PS: You can refrigerate the fruit salad for an hour and then serve it with some greek yoghurt for an amazing tropical experience of sweet papaya.

Tuca the tucan, representing our Belleza papaya's!