How to Make Passion Fruit Drink

One of the best, tastiest and easiest juices to make is tropical passion fruit. It will take about 10 minutes for 2 - 3 litres of delicious, refreshing passion fruit drink.

Ingredients

5 ripe passion fruit
cold water
ice
sugar or sugar substitute

Steps

1. Buy five or six tropical passion fruit - the yellow kind. They need to be crinkly but not rotten. Don't let the look put you off because they need to be very ripe to make the juice.
2. Cut each in half and scoop out the flesh into a blender.
3. Add about 3 times the amount of water and run the blender for a minute or so. The black seed will separate from the jelly. Don't over blend as the seeds will break up and create a grit.
4. Pour the mixture into a large jug or bowl through a sieve to catch the seeds. Rub in the mixture in the sieve to get every drop.
5. Add about three times as much cold water again and sugar to taste. Use a teaspoon to taste the juice until you get the right amount. You may still need to add more water, but do it cautiously as you don't want to make the passion fruit drink too weak.
6. Run the passion fruit drink through a funnel into a jug or bottle and cool. 5 passion fruit will make around 2 1/2 litres of passion fruit drink, so make sure your bottle is large enough.
7. Enjoy straight from the fridge, with ice, or as a cocktail with rum or vodka.

Tips

• If you do not have a blender (and are patient), you can still make the passion fruit drink if you sieve the fruit with a fork into the jug.
• The drink and the water may separate. If this happens, just shake up the bottle or stir the juice in the jug to remix.
• Your passion fruit drink will probably last 5 days or so in a fridge.
• Make sure your jug or bottles are really clean, especially around the neck.
• For those who want to watch their calories or who have diabetes, a low-calorie sweetener can be used in place of the sugar