It is mamey sapote season in Belize.

A ripe mamey sapote is soft to the touch when you press hard with thumb and fore-finger.  Cut around the shell lengthwise (like an avocado) to obtain the two halves of the fruit with a central large seed.  Remove the seed and spoon out the pulp to eat.  The flesh should come off easily in a ripe fruit. You can eat this fruit out of hand or you can transform it into a savoury burger meal:

This is a unique and tasty way of eating this tropical fruit.  Mamey sapote has a reddish-brown, smooth and creamy flesh with a sweet flavour reminiscent of caramelised brown sugar.  This marries very well with beef giving a caramel velvetiness to the ubiquitous burger.

Check out the recipe for Mamey Sapote Beef Burgers in Belize Wild Recipes!