Sweet granadilla

Passiflora ligularis

fruit

An orange fruit with a smooth, hard shell cracked with a finger, filled with black seeds in a very sweet, fragrant gray jelly, slurped with a spoon.

Origin

Andes (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The shell is cracked with a press of the thumb, or cut in half, and the jelly is spooned out with its black seeds, which are eaten; the shell is not.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its shell is lined with a white wadding that protects the seeds.