Passion fruit
Passiflora edulis · Tropical fruit
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A hard-shelled tropical fruit, purple or yellow, holding tart-sweet golden pulp and crunchy edible black seeds. Its aroma is so strong that one fruit can perfume a whole dish.
Picking a good onedrag
Hard, smooth, under-ripeCollapsed, weeping, fermented
First wrinklesEveryday bestScoop over yoghurt, into curd, dressings and cocktails.
SkinPurple, first fine wrinkles
In the handHeavy, shell gives to a thumb
Stem scarScar dry, sunken, dark-rimmed
Smell at the scarFaint scent right at the stem end
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What you get from one
52%
Edible part
18 g of pulp and seed - the rest is shell
35 g
Weight each
each one
33%
Juice
about 330 ml a kilo, seeds strained out
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 4× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Loose bag, never wet
Airflow