Fruits · Tropical fruit
Passion fruit
Wrinkly purple or yellow fruit filled with tangy, fragrant pulp and crunchy seeds; for desserts and drinks.
Also called: maracuyá, granadilla, maracujá
Photo: Ivar Leidus, via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
What it is
Passion fruit has a hard purple or yellow shell that wrinkles as it ripens, and inside a jelly-like golden pulp with crunchy black seeds. The pulp is intensely aromatic and tart. Yellow types (maracuyá) are larger and sourer; sweet granadilla is orange with sweeter grey pulp. Scoop out with a spoon.
Passiflora edulis
How it’s used
- Spooned over pavlova, yogurt and cheesecake
- Strained into juices, cocktails and Brazilian mousse de maracujá
- Made into curd, sorbet and syrups
- Added to dressings and ceviche
Characteristics
- Taste
- Intensely tart, sweet and tropical.
- Aroma
- Strongly perfumed.
- Texture
- Jelly-like pulp with crunchy seeds.
- Sold as
- fresh, frozen, liquid
- Cooking uses
- Usually eaten raw, Suitable for baking
- Common in
- Brazilian, Colombian, Peruvian, Australian, New Zealand, Caribbean
Storage
At room temperature. Ripen at room temperature until wrinkled, then refrigerate for a week. Pulp freezes well.
Diet, allergens and safety
No major allergens in typical versions.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Dairy-free
- Egg-free
- Gluten-free
- Nut-free
- Soy-free
- Caffeine-free
Nutrition per 100 g
- Energy
- 97 kcal
- Protein
- 2.2 g
- Carbohydrate
- 23.38 g
- Fat
- 0.7 g
- Fibre
- 10.4 g
- Sugars
- 11.2 g
USDA FoodData Central: Passion-fruit, (granadilla), purple, raw.
Related ingredients
Recipes with passion fruit
Pavlova
Australian · 3 h 10 min · 272 kcal · Contains egg
Suco de maracujá
Brazilian · 10 min · 84 kcal · Vegan
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