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Baked Papaya with Vanilla Bean

Dessert - Fruit - -

INGREDIENTS

2 small papaya
1 piece vanilla bean
1/3 cup fresh coconut milk
1 lime, cut in wedges
Flower blossoms

METHOD

Halve the papaya and scoop out the seeds. Place the halves on a baking pan. Put the vanilla bean into one-inch lengths and split open, scraping a few seeds into each papaya half and dropping in a piece of the bean as well. Spoon in some coconut milk. Cover with foil.

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Bake in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until heated through. Serve each half on a dessert plate, garnished with a wedge of lime and a blossom from the garden.

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