Giant granadilla
Passiflora quadrangularis · Tropical fruit
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Giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis), also called badea, barbadine or grenadine, is the largest fruit of the passion-flower family (Passifloraceae), a football-sized passiflora native to tropical America. Unlike passion fruit, its thick, spongy rind is cooked as a vegetable while the aromatic, jelly-like pulp is scooped out and drunk.
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Heavy, glossy, just yellowingSlack, sunken, sour
Full yellowUse this weekPale yellow through. It softens and colours off the vine more than it sweetens, so a bland one stays bland. A hard green one is another food: peeled, cored, cooked.
SkinEven pale yellow, the three ridges still faint
Weight and giveHeavy still, the rind firm with the barest spring
SmellMild perfume close up, gentler than passion fruit