Passion fruit recipes
Also known as grenadilla, passion fruit is a tropical fruit about the size of an egg with a brittle outer shell that contains crunchy seeds surrounded by intensely flavoured, slightly sour, yellow, juicy pulp. Its inedible shell can be purple or yellow in colour.
This refreshing fruit salad is perfect to bring to summer al fresco gatherings when melons are at their peak. It can be made in advance and chilled, without the fruit going brown.
Each serving provides 110kcal, 2g protein, 20g carbohydrate (of which 20g sugars), 0g fat (of which 0g saturates), 7g fibre and 0g salt.
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Buyer's guide
Passion fruit become more wrinkly as they ripen. Avoid fruit that feels light for its size or is very wrinkled.
Storage
Strained passion fruit juice freezes well.
Preparation
Both the seeds and pulp of passion fruit can be added to fruit salads and pavlovas - only a small amount is needed as the fruit has a strong fragrant flavour. Use passion fruit juice in place of lemon juice in fruit curds, syllabubs and icing. (Four passion fruit yield about 50ml/2fl oz strained juice.) The juice is quite gloopy and is easier to strain if the pulp and seeds are first gently warmed with a little of the sugar specified in the recipe. Passion fruit are also good in drinks, jellies and mousses.
