Have you ever seen passionfruit flowers? They are stunning:
For ages the fruit that appeared stayed green:
But recently they have started ripening and dropping off the vine. We'll go out each day and collect 5, 6 or 7 passionfruit! (Oh and our tomatoes are doing well too.)
So what do I do with them?
Slice them ...
Scoop out the pulp ...
And make delicious passionfruit tart and cordial. Mmmm, the taste of sunshine.
How jealous am I? I have the same Passion flower... I even get fruits, but I certainly can't eat them (as I'm sure you'll know). I loooove Passion Fruit, but only fresh. I discovered it when I went out to Kenya and had fresh from the tree of my brother's Mother-in-law. It doesn't taste anything like the same when I buy it from the supermarket, so I just don't anymore. I just eat it straight from the fruit. Yum! My moth is watering at the thought! lol Jude.x
ReplyDeleteHow come you can't eat the ones you grow? I'm so glad we have ours as it's $28 a kg here in the shops!
DeleteThey just don't ripen.... I'm told they are edible but very bitter. I get lucky sometimes when my sister-in-laws family come over; they bring fruit with them and I "get the call" that there is Passion Fruit if I want to go over to their house! 70 mile round trip, but so worth it! LOL Jude.x
DeleteThanks for the post... makes me realize the strange vine that I couldn't identify (and as a result ripped out) was passionfruit. Maybe it'll come back?!?
ReplyDeleteOh no!! Hopefully it will return.
DeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteOh how lovely, I simply love passion fruit. We have a passion flower here in our UK garden, they grow like weeds, but the fruits aren't edible - they're bright orange and sort of woolly inside. The birds like them though. You've got me wondering if I could grow the edible kind.
ReplyDeleteWorth a try, right?
DeleteI"ve never eaten fresh passion fruit (only mixed in with other juices). I don't think they would win in the looks department, but from what you and the other commenters say they taste good so I would love to try them.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely give them a try, they are delicious - sweet and a little tart with that sunshiney tropical taste :)
Delete