Tropical Fruit Salad with Passion Fruit Juice

Now please forget about the canned fruit salad and try this luscious tropical fruit salad. The vibrant colors of mangoes, pineapples, bananas, papayas and guavas make a delicious display. Aside from being delicious, this salad is highly nutritious and refreshing. Still there is a secret ingredient that gives this salad its unique flavor. Passion fruit or maracuja. Passion fruit is either yellow or purple on the outside, it contains a jelly-like pulp with lots of small black seeds. I am so in love with this fruit. Make sure to use ripe passion fruits since the flavor becomes sweeter. This fruit salad is great for parties or weekend desserts. A crowd-pleasing dessert!

Ingredients:

For the passion fruit juice:

1 kg. /2lb. 4 oz. ripe passion fruit

2 cups water

½ cup sugar

The fruits used:

6 bananas, peeled and sliced

1 medium-sized papaya, peeled, seeded and diced

1 medium-sized pineapple, peeled and diced

3 large mangoes, peeled and diced

4 guavas, diced (no need to peel)

Directions:

To make the passion fruit juice, cut the passion fruits in half, scoop out the flesh,using a spoon, and press well though a fine sieve. Collect the juice and get rid of the seeds

Add the sugar and water and stir well to fully dissolve the sugar. Your passion fruit juice is now ready.

Add all the above fruits. Sliced kiwis can be added, optional. Enjoy!