Try the guanábana

A recent visit to the La Bamba restaurant provided absolutely excellent authentic Mexican food and an interesting new beverage. After several guesses by the group (everything from guarana to ma-na-ma-na) we were never quite sure what the fruit in everyone's margarita was. Well once again google to the rescue! It was guanábana (aka soursop), a fruit native to mexico, central america, a northern portions of South America. It is prized for having a complex flavour ranging from banana, coconut, or vanilla to citrus (difficult to classify because we don't have anything like it here). At the time of harvest the outer skin is green in color with small, soft spines covering the surface (it is related to the prickly pear apparently), but when ripe, the fruit turns greenish yellow and becomes much softer. It is considered difficult to eat due to it's many seeds and membranous insides so it is predominantly consumed as a juice which is milky coloured and quite good. So there you have it, try the guanábana margaritas next time you get a chance!