Fruits&Vegetables

• Lemons and Limes - suprisingly sweet!
• Oranges - you have to try them, never imagined they can be so full-flavoured and sweet
• Kiwi and Pineapple - delicious! A must! Also a delicious combination.
• Apples - try our Granny Smith.
• Pears - can be as sour as they get and will still taste sweet.
• Grapes - sweet!
• Rhubarb - what a difference! Must try!
• Grapefruit - still a bit sour but at the same time very sweet.
• Pomegranate - did not imagine it could be so sweet!
• Raspberries - interesting, same sweetening effect.
• Strawberries - try sweetening under-ripe berries (strawberries harvested in the winter).          Ripe berries are almost too sweet :)
• Watermelon - My latest discovery! Try!
• Currants (red, black, white) - I would swear they were dipped in sugar!
• Pomelo - Try! Almost our favorite (besides lemons, oranges, rhubarb and strawberries.

Drinks

Sugar-Free Drinks

Miracle Fruit Cocktail (published here)

2 oz. fine dark rum
Juice of 1/2 lime
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 oz grapefruit juice (or orange juice if you would like it to be very sweet)
2 dashes orange bitters
Shake and serve over ice in highball glass.
Garnish with slice of lime and lemon, Miracle Fruit tablet on the side (even 1/2 would do just fine).

The Thornton Cocktail (Published in Imbibe magazine)

Sip this cocktail as-is, then halfway through, eat the miracle fruit, moving the tablet around your mouth to fully coat your taste buds.
Then continue to enjoy the cocktail, noting the difference in flavor.
2 oz. Cynar
2 dashes Peychaud's bitters
2 oz. lemon juice, fresh-squeezed
1 oz. simple syrup
Soda water to fill
Large ice cubes (1 3/4-inch cubes are ideal)
Glass: double rocks
In a double rocks glass, combine Cynar, bitters, lemon juice and simple syrup.
Fill glass with large ice cubes and top with a splash of soda water. Garnish.
Dissolve 1 Miracle Berry tablet on your tongue before drinking.

Gemini's Grace (Published in Imbibe magazine)

Initially, this cocktail is tart but very enjoyable. After eating the Miracle Fruit, the drink
develops a nicely balanced sweetness, and the sorrel takes on more of a forward note.
2 oz. tequila reposado
1 leaf sorrel, finely chopped
Ice cubes
3 dashes grapefruit bitters
4 oz. grapefruit juice, fresh-squeezed
Tools: shaker, muddler
Glass: double rocks
In a shaker, muddle tequila, sorrel and ice cubes. Add bitters and grapefruit juice and shake vigorously.
Pour contents of shaker into a glass, adding ice cubes as needed. Garnish.

Recipes

Fruit Juice Sweetened Desserts (sugar-free, all natural)

Miracle Fruit Apple Strudel

Puff (filo) pastry

Apples (can be as sour as they get), Cinnamon, Orange juice.
Peal and cut apples, lay them on rolled out puff pastry, sprinkle with cinnamon, pour on a little orange juice and roll it up.
Place in oven for approximately 30 mins or until golden brown. Remember that with Miracle Fruit there is no need to add sugar!
Before serving why not pour a little orange juice over the top?
The amount to use would depend upon how sweet you would like it to be - the orange juice works as a
strong sweetener. Enjoy in a perfectly sweet apple strudel without sugar or artificial sweeteners - simply
take one (or even half) a Miracle Fruit Berry tablet before your first bite.

Delicious!

Delightful fruit turnovers

- sweet fruit filling in a flaky pastry

Pastry:
-    2 cups unbleached white flour
-    ⅔ cup butter, softened
-    6 or 7 tablespoons water
-    ⅓ cup butter

Filling:
-    2 1/2 cups fruit filling (see recommendations below)

Measure flour and ⅔ cup softened butter into a mixing bowl; mix well with a fork or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually add water, using just enough to form a soft dough. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to ⅛″ thickness. Slice off bits of ⅓ cup butter with a sharp knife and place on rolled-out pastry so that pastry is covered fairly evenly with specks of butter. Fold top of pastry down to the center, bottom up to center, and sides into the center. Wrap in plastic (or other) and chill well.

To prepare turnovers, place pastry on a lightly floured surface and roll out to ⅛″ thickness. With a sharp knife cut into 4″ squares. Place 1/4 cup filling in the center of each. Wet the edges of the pastry with milk, fold over into triangles, and crimp the edges securely together with the tines of a fork. Cut a lit on the top to allow steam to escape. Place turnovers on oiled baking sheets. Bake at 425 degrees F (220 °C) for 15 to 20 minutes, until browned. Cool on wire racks and serve warm or chilled. Yields 10 turnovers.

Fillings:
Apple Turnovers: Fill each with chopped apple, nutmeg, cinnamon and raisins (optional).
Strawberry Turnovers: Fill each with strawberries and a dash of cinnamon.
Also possible are blueberry, peach, pear, plum and pineapple turnovers.

To make the turnover sweeter, pour some orange juice on top of it.simply
Remember - take one (or even half) a Miracle Fruit Berry tablet before your first bite.

RHUBARB FRUIT PIE

- made with fresh fruit of the season

Pastry and Topping:
-    2 cups granola (flaked coconut, chopped nuts, dried fruit, rolled oats, seeds and/or spices)
-    2 cups unbleached white flour
-    1/2 cup vegetable oil
-    Unsweetened fruit juice (squeezed oranges, lemons,...)

Filling:
-    4 or 5 cups mixed, sliced fresh fruit (mostly rhubarb; apple, peach, strawberries, pineapple, whole blueberries),
-    1/4 cup unbleached white flour,
-    1 tablespoon lemon juice,
-    Cinnamon and nutmeg to taste.

In a medium-sized mixing bowl combine granola, flour and oil and mix well. Gradually add fruit juice, adding just enough to form a soft dough. Divide mixture in half. Press one portion into a lightly oiled 9″ pie pan, covering bottom and size evenly. Save the remaining half for the topping.
In a large bowl toss fresh fruit with flour, lemon juice and spices to taste. Spoon into pastry-lined pie pan and sprinkle evenly with reserved granola topping. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 °C) for 40 minutes or until fruit is tender. Cool and refrigerate.
To serve, top each slice with chopped fresh fruit. Serves 8.
Dissolve 1 Miracle Berry tablet on your tongue before eating.

(HOT) FRUIT COMPOTE

-    4 cups fresh fruit (see recommendations below)
-    Unsweetened fruit juice
-    Nutmeg and cinnamon

In a medium-sized saucepan place chopped fresh fruit and add just enough fruit juice to cover fruit. Sprinkle with nutmeg and cinnamon to taste. Heat over low heat, stirring occasionally, until fruit is tender.
Serve warm (or chilled) in dessert bowls. Serves 4 to 6.

Recommended fruits: apples, peaches, pears, rhubarb, plum, prune, whole berries.
Dissolve 1 Miracle Berry tablet on your tongue before eating.

GRANDMA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

- Spicy apple cake served with warm applesauce.

Cake:
-    1/4 cup butter, softened
-    3 large eggs
-    1/2 cup unsweetened apple juice
-    1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
-    2 cups unbleached white flour
-    2 teaspoons baking powder
-    1 teaspoon baking soda
-    2 teaspoons cinnamon
-    1/2 cup raisins (optional)
-    1 fresh apple, washed, peeled, cored and tiny sliced

Topping
-    Unsweetened applesauce, warmed over medium heat

In a medium-sized bowl beat together butter, eggs, apple juice and applesauce until creamy. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.
Beat well. Stir in raisins if desired.
Oil and flour an 8″ square baking pan, Line the bottom of the pan, one layer deep, with thinly sliced apple. Spoon batter over apples and smooth the top.
Bake at 350 degrees F (180 °C) for 25 to 30 minutes or until well browned. Invert onto a wire rack to cool, apple side up.
Serve apple up on individual dessert plates and spoon warm applesauce over each portion. Serves 6.
Remember - take one (or even half) a Miracle Fruit tablet before your first bite.

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