Nutritional Information:
Good source of vitamins A and C.
What to Look For:
Choose the largest, heaviest passion fruits. If ripe, the skin will be wrinkled but firm with a purple-brown color. Smooth skin indicates that it is unripe.
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Easy Storage and Preparation:
Ripen at room temperature until the skin wrinkles. They will keep at room temperature for a few days, or longer in the refrigerator.
Best Uses:
Use the juice to flavor drinks, fruit soups, dessert creams and custards. Although each fruit will yield very little juice, it will be very strong in flavor.
NOTE: An excellent source contains more than 20 percent of the Daily Value for that nutrient. A good source contains between 10 and 19 percent of the Daily Value.
Source: Copyright © 2000 by Ellen Haas.
From the book "Great Adventures in Food" By Ellen Haas.
Used with permission of St. Martin's Press, LLC.
