Cuban recipe
Natural Passion Fruit Drink
Homemade passion fruit drink with just fruit, water, sugar and ice. Strained, ice-cold and ready in 15 minutes.
- Preparation15 min
- Total time45 min
- Servings4 glasses
- DifficultyEasy
Passion fruit is one of those fruits that takes you straight to the patio on a hot day. Its tart, aromatic pulp makes a simple drink you can prepare at home with very few ingredients, and in Latin markets in the United States you can find it fresh or as pulp.
This version has no lime: the natural acidity of the fruit is enough. It is a homemade preparation, the kind made to cool off the afternoon or to go with a meal, without attributing it to any exclusive origin.
Ingredients
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Method
- Wash the passion fruits well under cold running water, rubbing the skin, and dry them. This keeps dirt from getting into the pulp when you cut them.
- Cut each passion fruit in half with a clean knife on a clean cutting board.
AI-generated image.CiberCuba - Scoop out the pulp with a spoon and put it in a deep bowl, leaving nothing stuck to the skin.
AI-generated image.CiberCuba - Put the pulp in the blender with 1 cup of the water. Give it 3 or 4 short pulses, barely a second each, to loosen the juice from the seeds without grinding them. If you don't have a blender, stir with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes, pressing the pulp against the bowl.
AI-generated image.CiberCuba - Strain the mixture through a fine strainer into a pitcher, pressing with the spoon to extract all the juice. Discard the seeds and solids.
AI-generated image.CiberCuba - Add the rest of the water and the sugar, and stir until completely dissolved. Taste and add more sugar if you want it sweeter.
- Chill the pitcher in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Serve in glasses with plenty of ice and stir before serving.
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