How to Make Passion Fruit Jam

Passion fruit, native to South America, grow on climbing vines. The flesh of the fruit can be either yellow or purple, depending upon variety. Passion fruit, with a lovely yellow skin, has been grown in Hawai'i, where it is known as Liliko'i, since the early 1880s. Passion fruit can be eaten raw but it is more popular when sweetened and made into juice, jellies and jam. Because the skin of the passion fruit is high in pectin, there is no need to add commercial powdered pectin to the ingredients when making passion fruit jam. This recipe will yield approximately 26 ounces of jam.

Things You'll Need

• 6 passion fruit
• 2 cups water
• ¼ cup water
• 2 1/3 cup sugar
• Juice of 1/2 a lime
• Glass canning jars, sterilized

Instructions

1. Wash the passion fruit thoroughly, as you will be using the skin as well as the pulp of the fruit.

2. Cut the passion fruit in half and remove the pulp and seeds. Place, in a closed container, in the refrigerator.

3. Place six passion fruit shells into a bowl with 2 cups of water. Place the bowl in the refrigerator and allow the shells to soak for 24 hours.

4. Fill a pot with water and bring it to a boil. Add the passion fruit shells and boil until almost all of the water is absorbed, approximately 10 minutes. Allow the shells to cool until you can handle them.

5. Peel the skin away from the inner flesh that remained on the shells. Place the inner flesh into a pot, along with 1/4 cup of water, and mash to a pulp. Add the pulp and the seeds that you removed yesterday, along with the sugar and the lime juice, to the same pot and boil for 15 minutes. During this time the mixture should thicken.

6. Pour the hot jam into hot, sterilized jars, to within 1/4 inch from the top of the jar. Seal the jars.

Tips & Warnings

• Try to use stainless steel utensils and pots when making passion fruit jam so as to not discolor the fruit. You can also use a plastic spoon to scoop out the pulp.

• Make sure the jars are hot so that they don't crack.

References

• California Rare Fruit Growers: Passion Fruit