Passion Fruit Sauce (2024)

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Made with just two ingredients, this Passion Fruit Sauce is the PERFECT topping for ice cream, cheesecake and more! Learn how to make this easy passion fruit coulis and the best ways to use it in sweet and savory applications. Ready in 20 minutes or less!

Love passion fruit? Try Homemade Passion Fruit Juice and Passion Fruit Mousse!

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Oi, Gente!!

This sweet and tangy sauce, also known as coulis or syrup, adds a vibrant touch to a number of desserts, including cakes and ice creams, as well as savory items, like grilled fish, if sweet and savory is your thing.

This passion fruit sauce has got the tropical flavors I adore. After all, anything that sings of the vibrant sweet and tangy passion fruit taste is delicious in my book.

The beauty of this TWO ingredient sauce is that you can use seedless passion fruit pulp or seeded passion fruit pulp. Look how pretty it looks in this passion fruit ice cream!!

Seedless can be far easier (and cheaper) to find. However, if you can get your hands on fresh passion fruit, the seeds add a delightful crunchy texture to the mix. They’re also so beautiful. It’s an experience worth having if you have the opportunity.

With so many delicious ways to use, and since this a quick and easy recipe to put together, there’s no reason not make some!

I hope you like this recipe as much as I do!

Beijinhos! xx

More passion fruit recipes to try: Passion Fruit Ice Cream Recipe | Passion Fruit Margarita Recipe | Batida de Maracuja: Passion Fruit co*cktail with Vodka

Ingredients

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  • Passion Fruit Pulp – purchase passion fruit pulp at your localTarget, Walmart or grocery store. It’s typically in the freezer aisle. Finding this is a hit or miss, depending on where you live. You can also visitLatin grocery stores and your local Brazilian market, too. Alternatively,you can make your own passion fruit pulpfrom fresh passion fruits as I teach inthis post, and you can choose to keep or remove the seeds at that point.
  • Granulated sugar— also know as white sugar, this adds sweetness to the tart passion fruit pulp and will give us the texture we need. I do not suggest substituting another sweetener or using a different type of sugar in its place.
  • Cornstarch — this is totally optional. Add it if you’d like your passion fruit sauce to be thicker.

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How to Make Passion Fruit Sauce

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Combine the sugar and the passion fruit pulpin asauce pan.

Simmer on high until the sugar melts and the liquid cooks down so it looks like a loose jelly. This will take about 10-15 minutes.

And that’s it!

As the sauce cools, it will thicken to a perfectly pourable syrup consistency (like in the image below). If you want to ensure your sauce will be thicker than that, you can add in the cornstarch.

Note

To thicken the passion fruit coulis a bit more, add a half teaspoon of cornstarch. All you need to do is make a slurry with about one tablespoon of cold water and whisk in the cornstarch. Then whisk the slurry into the sauce when it’s nearly done and it will thicken up like a charm.

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How to Store:

Allow the passion fruit syrup to cool completely before refrigerating, which can take 1-2 hours.

The sauce can be refrigerated like a compote.

You can also put it in an airtight container that is freezer safe and freeze it for later. Let it defrost in the fridge before using.

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How to use and serve:

This passion fruit sauce is perfect to use on…

The options are endless!

Frequently Asked Questions

Is passion fruit puree the same as juice?

No. Passion fruit puree is NOT the same thing as juice. Passion fruit puree (also referred to as pulp). Technically, the puree is the flesh of the fruit without the black seeds, and pulp is everything inside the fruit, which includes the flesh, seeds and all.Since the seeds are edible, using puree or pulp becomes mostly a personal preference – learn more here.

Why is passion fruit so expensive?

If passion fruit does not grow in the climate where you live, that could contribute to the cost of the fruit itself. If it needs to be shipped cross-country or even internationally for you to enjoy, it could become more expensive.

Is this passion fruit sauce the same thing as a simple syrup?

Since a simple syrup tends to be equal parts water and sugar, no, this is not the same thing as a passion fruit simple syrup. It’s a more intense passion fruit syrup since it’s made with just the fruit puree and sugar.

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Passion Fruit Sauce

Made with just two ingredients, this Passion Fruit Sauce is the PERFECT topping for ice cream, cheesecake and more! Learn how to make this easy passion fruit coulis and the best ways to use it in sweet and savory applications. Ready in 20 minutes or less!

Prep Time: 1 minute minute

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 11 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 cup

Calories: 614kcal

Author: Aline Shaw

Ingredients

  • 1 cup passion fruit pulp
  • 1/2 cup sugar

Instructions

  • Stir the passion fruit pulp and the sugar to combine in a saucepan over medium to high heat.

  • Simmer 10-15 minutes until the sugar melts and the sauce thickens to a sauce-like consistency and coats the back of a spoon.

  • Let cool completely and transfer to a mason jar to keep cold in the fridge until ready to use.

Did you make this recipe? Show me how it turned out! Snap a photo and share with me on Instagram tagging @aline_shaw!

Notes

Note: If you want to thicken the passion fruit coulis a bit more, add a half teaspoon of cornstarch. All you need to do is make a slurry with about one tablespoon of cold water and whisk in the cornstarch. Then, whisk the slurry into the sauce when it’s nearly done. Whisk continuously on low heat to avoid curdling until the sauce has thickened.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 614kcal | Carbohydrates: 155g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 823mg | Fiber: 25g | Sugar: 126g | Vitamin A: 3002IU | Vitamin C: 71mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 4mg

Passion Fruit Sauce (2024)

FAQs

What's the difference between passion fruit and grenadine? ›

The granadilla is by far the least known. This round to oval fruit can be recognised by its orange, but also green or yellow, skin. Compared with the well-known passionfruit, the taste is slightly sweeter. The hard shell of the granadilla is inedible.

What does passion fruit taste good with? ›

When selecting flavors to pair with passion fruit, bold “mononote” flavors such as orange zest, white chocolate, vanilla bean, coconut cream, and mint allow the complexity of passion fruit flavor to shine. These accent flavors can help bring out the sweetness of the passion fruit, as well as add depth.

What do you do with passion fruit? ›

"Other favorites are passion fruit cream pie, passion fruit truffles, passion fruit cake, and a savory sauce that I serve with salmon or chicken." Brown covers both savory and sweet bases as well, using it in marinades for fish, chicken, and pork, and in a vinaigrette for salad dressings.

What is the flavor of passion fruit? ›

Passion fruit can be portrayed as merely sweet, but it's quite tart when it's fresh. This combination of sweet and sour is what makes it so interesting. The flavor is described as citrusy with hints of melon, pineapple, or kiwi. As the fruit ripens, it increases in sweetness, but more importantly, complexity.

What do Americans call passionfruit? ›

Passionfruit is the most widely used name, however, it is also called: Granadilla, Lilikoi in Hawaii, Maracuja in Equador and Brazil, Parcha in Venezuela and Chinola or Parchita in Puerto Rico.

Do you just eat the inside of passion fruit? ›

Eating Passion Fruit

On the inside is a bright yellow gel-like pulp that surrounds dozens of little black seeds. You can spoon out the pulp and seeds straight from the skin and eat it just like that. The flavor is citrusy, floral and sweet.

What is the tastiest passion fruit? ›

Passionfruit - Sweet Granadilla

Regarded as the best tasting passionfruit in the world. The hard-shelled orange-yellow fruit is of excellent quality and has a white aromatic pulp. Production begins in 2 to 3 years.

Should you eat passion fruit before bed? ›

One of the powerful medicinal compounds in passion fruit an alkaloid Harman functions as a sedative. This compound is beneficial in reducing restlessness, insomnia, and nervous anxiety thereby helping you to get a good night's sleep. The next time when you are troubled getting a sound sleep, try some passion fruit.

What does passion fruit do to your body? ›

Passion fruit also gives your body calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and folate. These help boost the health of your kidneys, nerves, muscles, and heart. If you eat just the seeds, you'll get quite a few of the nutritional benefits, especially the fiber.

Can you eat raw passion fruit? ›

A lot of people enjoy the fruit raw and eat it straight out of the rind. Some of the more popular ways to use passion fruit include: Drinks. It can be squeezed through a sieve to make juice, which can be added to co*cktails or used to make a cordial to flavor water.

Why are passion fruits so expensive? ›

Fruit that are imported are expensive and sold at a piece rate. Domestic production of passion fruit is favored due to increased air shipping costs, import restrictions on most passion fruit-producing countries, and the local food movement.

Is passion fruit good for anxiety? ›

Passion fruit contains magnesium, which is an important mineral that scientists have linked with decreased stress and anxiety. A systematic review from 2017 suggests that magnesium can help people manage their anxiety levels.

What is similar to passion fruit? ›

This fruit is called granadilla. It's in the path of flora family, so it's related to passion fruit, but doesn't have any of the tartness or sour flavor. It's very sweet and super crunchy.

What is the same as grenadine? ›

Pomegranate juice is a great substitute for grenadine.

It has a similar tart and sweet flavor. You can find 100% pomegranate juice at most grocery stores. 1:1 replacement. You can add some pomegranate molasses to the juice to make a thicker consistency.

What is considered a passion fruit? ›

Passion fruit is a flowering tropical vine, known as Passiflora, that grows in warm climates such as South America, Australia, South Africa, and India. A common species of passion fruit is passiflora edulis, but there are different species and it may sometimes be referred to as granadilla.

What flavor is grenadine? ›

Indulge in the luscious allure of grenadine, a vibrant red syrup known for its sweet and tangy flavor. From its origins as a pomegranate-based concoction to its modern-day versatility in co*cktails, discover how this beloved ingredient adds a burst of fruity delight to your favorite libations.

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