Many tropical fruits are just weird for lack of a better way of putting it. It can be due to texture, flavor or both and it can be in a good way or a bad way. One fruit that's straight weird in a good way is black sapote also known as the chocolate pudding fruit. When ripe, these leathery green balls become soft with a texture similar to chocolate mousse with a slightly fruiter flavor. Mixed into a pie with goat cheese, totally delectable.

I got inspired by this recipe when I went to the store and found that black sapotes are back in season. I couldn't help but buy a few and before I knew it I was buying goat cheese too imagining this recipe. It turned out exactly as expected and we shared it with friends last night who said it was one of the best pies they'd ever eaten. Thanks guys, that means a lot.

This is the fruit in question. They are best soft and nearly falling apart. I'm not kidding.

Ingredients

4 large sized ripe black sapote fruit
200 g natural goat cheese
3 eggs
1/3 c greek yogurt
1 c sugar
3 T cocoa powder
1 t vanilla
1.25 c flour
100 g butter, cold and cubed
ice water
2 t sugar
1 t salt

Start with the pie crust by cutting butter into the flour (combined with the sugar and salt) until it's well combined and crumbly. I almost always use my fingers for this. Add a little ice water just to get it to come together and knead for a few seconds until smooth. Put into the fridge to chill for an hour.

Cut the fruits in half and removing the flesh. It should be dark and sludgy with a few large seeds here and there like in the photo above. Try and remove all of the seeds (I forgot one, wasn't the end of the world but wasn't nice either.
Add the goat cheese, yogurt, sugar and eggs and blend.
Add the cocoa and vanilla and blend until smooth.
Roll out the dough and line a springform pan with it. Fill the crust with the filling and bake at 350 for about an hour or until the center is set.
Allow to cool completely then chill before serving. This is actually best served a day later as I found today.