How to Make Genip Juice

Genip harvesting this year was short and sweet.  The tree anchoring our driveway bared fruit late this year and we are going away in a week's time.   If the genips aren't harvested, next year's fruit will turn out sour.  Luckily we have passer-byers who are more then willing to help...themselves.  But we don't mind in the least!  Our tree produces an abundant amount of fruit plenty to keep and plenty to share.  Genips are a good source of fiber, calcium and viatmin A.  Along with minerals such as iron, phosphorus and niacin.  And the genips this year are really goooooood!

Every year I make genip rum from our harvest but this year I also wanted to make a non-alcoholic version so that Milan could partake in the family tradition.  I also had a lot of mamoncillos (genips en español) to use up at one time.  Non-alcoholic Genip Juice was my solution, here's my recipe.

Genip Harvesting & How to Make Genip Rum

Over the weekend we harvested genips from our big, beautiful genip tree that welcomes you at the driveway.  Genips are a staple throughout these parts and fruit I've grown up with all my life.  In cuban español we call them mamoncillos.  This year the harvest came late, but it came producing an abounded amount of yummy sweet, sticky and slightly tart pulp.