Goya Frozen Fruit Pulp

Any thoughts on how to use Goya frozen fruit pulp in drinks? I bought passion fruit and mango fruit pulp at the Caputos in Hanover Park but the package only gives directions for making smoothies not how to reconstitute for straight drinking.

Also, Captuos was selling fresh passion fruit at $1.89 a piece. Being unfamilar with the fresh fruit I don't know how to tell if the fruit is ripe or passed its prime. At $1.89 I wasn't willing to test my luck but if anyonw cane provide with some tips on how to tell if the fruit is ripe I will go back and buy a couple to test them out.

Thanks for your help.

Rick

mousec wrote:Also, Captuos was selling fresh passion fruit at $1.89 a piece. Being unfamilar with the fresh fruit I don't know how to tell if the fruit is ripe or passed its prime. At $1.89 I wasn't willing to test my luck but if anyonw cane provide with some tips on how to tell if the fruit is ripe I will go back and buy a couple to test them out.

Mousec,

Of course it's impossible for me to say whether the passion fruit was past it's prime, but the one thing I took away from my visit to the Fruit & Spice Park and Robert is Here in Homestead, Florida is that when we, meaning most Americans, including me, think a tropical fruit is overripe, it's just about perfect.

From Art of Eating: “We’re really stupid about tropical fruit in this country,” says Robert. “Half of what I do is try to educated people about what a tropical fruit should look, feel, and taste like.” Ripe fruit is not necessarily pretty, and the fruits at Robert is Here are achingly ripe.

Enjoy,
Gary

I have used the Goya passion fruit pulp in desserts quite a few times. On the most recent occasion, I found that it was quite sour indeed. Perhaps the product varies from batch to batch, or, more likely, there is a sweetened and an unsweetened version. In any case, I used Lyle's golden syrup (pure cane sugar syrup) for a smooth, quick, and concentrated sweetener. This is a far better choice than granulated sugar for drinks, I imagine. (Lyle's is an English product available at Treasure Island).

As far a fresh passion fruit goes, one of my favorite taste memories involves split passion fruit topped with honey served alongside a flute of prosecco. The good friends and the sunset over a beach in Italy might have had something to do with it, though. So many buzz-inducing factors are hard to separate.