Pawpaw Patch

Wild Pawpaw & Herb Blend

Pawpaw is North America's forgotten native fruit — custard-soft, tropical-sweet, tasting like banana crossed with mango, growing wild in the Appalachian understory. Generations of mountain families gathered them from creek bottoms and shaded hollows every fall, but they bruise too easily to ship and never made it to grocery shelves. Pawpaw Patch bottles that lost flavor into a warm, fruit-forward mountain seasoning for pork, roasted peaches, winter squash, and sweet potatoes. Way down yonder, back on the table.

Best for: pork, peaches, squash, sweet potatoes

A little goes a long way, start with a pinch.