Recipe
Passion fruit syrup
- Herb:
- Passion fruit Passiflora edulis
- Method:
- Syrup
- Plant part:
- Fruit
About 25 minBeginnerRecipe science profile
Procedure
- Halve the fruits and spoon the pulp with seeds into a pan.
- Add 200 g of sugar and 100 ml of water, bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes, stirring.
- Strain through a sieve and press the seeds (or leave some in for looks); pour into a clean bottle.
- Serve diluted 1 : 5 with water or sparkling water, in a caipirinha or over desserts.
Extraction
- Herb:
- dužnina z 6 plodů (asi 250 ml) na 200 g cukru
- Solvent:
- krátký var s cukrem a trochou vody
- Shelf life:
- 3–4 týdny v lednici
- Target compounds:
- kyseliny, aroma (estery) a karotenoidy dužniny; semínka se scedí
Notes
A kitchen recipe with no particular risks. The calming effects attributed to 'passionflower' concern the aerial parts of another species, Passiflora incarnata (EMA monograph) — passion fruit is fruit, not a sedative.
Why it works
Sugar and a short boil preserve the acidic pulp and fix the volatile esters that carry the typical aroma. Botanically passion fruit shares its genus with the medicinal passionflower, but the clinical data on sedative action relate to P. incarnata; for the fruit of P. edulis the catalogue holds no such source.
Literature
- EMA HMPC — Passiflorae herba (Passiflora incarnata L.), European Union herbal monograph — Pozor: monografie se týká jiného druhu (P. incarnata, nať), ne plodů maracuji. Uvedeno jen kvůli častému zaměňování.
Related
Passion fruit — Herb card
Syrup — Processing method detail