No, you're wrong. These are not snails that a gardener - a prankster - glued to a tree. This is a real fruit, and it is a fruit that grows directly on the tree of "Brazilian grapes". The local name is Jabuticaba, and it grows in South America - mostly in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
An exceptional and at first glance very unusual species of trees grows in the Brazilian climate. The name of this species is Jabuticaba or "Brazilian grape tree", and it is special because its round grape fruits and flowers do not grow from the ends of thinner marginal branches of the tree, but directly from its trunk. These trees are indigenous to Brazil, but can also be found in Argentina, Chile and Peru.
It is assumed that this is an evolutionary adaptation by which this tree species makes its seeds (contained in the fruit) more accessible to animals that cannot marry high next to the tree trunk. So they eat the fruit of Jabuticaba from the trunk, and then throw the seeds in the feces at another location, increasing the chances that a new tree will sprout there as well. People eat these fruits raw or process them into various jams, juices and even fermented drinks.
The fruit of Jabutikaba is edible - it is simply picked from the tree and put in a hungry mouth. Also, and what is even more interesting to us, you can make strong wine and even stronger liqueur - we would say brandy.
Apart from the fact that it is strange that the fruit grows directly from the tree, the flower, which appears twice a year, looks even stranger - it looks like a miracle from the depths of the sea, or some alien.
They say that Jabutikaba is delicious, and they also say that dried "Brazilian grapes" help in the treatment of asthma, diarrhea and some inflammatory processes.
Jabuticaba Fruit Cake
The perfect, flavourful recipe for those who love baking their own cakes, and want to try something new and delicious.
Ingredients
2 cupsjabuticaba
60 mlwhole milk
100 gunsalted butter1 cupsugar
3eggs
2 cups gluten
1 tbsp baking powder
Preparation
Beat an entire “Jabuticaba” fruit with milk in a food processor or mixer, and set aside.
Mix butter at room temperature with sugar in a bowl, and whisk until you get a fluffy, white cream.
Add the eggs to the mixture one by one, beating after each addition.
Add a little bit of the flour to the mixture, then a little bit of the “Jabuticaba” and milk, and so on until the mixture is smooth.
Last, add the baking powder and mix well.
Put the dough in a greased and floured tin and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for 40 minutes.
Let cool, remove from the tin, and if you wish, sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.
wow this is a fantastic tree, i have never seen this before, it looks really nice and i would try to eat it, thank you for the recipe