This Passion Fruit Batida is a perfect cross-section of a frozen drink, ice cream dessert, and a tart tropical cocktail. The hint of dairy makes it a natural companion for spicy foods and the passion fruit makes me one happy lady. Its bright, tart flavor and intense, yellow color are equally pleasing. I really love fresh passion fruits, but when they’re around and available, they’re usually horribly expensive and I save them for making passion fruit lemon curd or the like and use passion fruit pulp for all other recipes. While passion fruit pulp used to be a bit hard to find, recently, I found the Goya brand in the frozen fruit section of my local Wegmans. I also recommend looking at stores that have larger latin sections generally as they’re more likely to carry such things. Finding it at Wegman’s was a great relief, mostly for my sister; now I don’t have to ship it in on dry ice or force my sister to carry it on from California, where I used to get it from a company called the Perfect Puree. If all else fails and you can’t find the fruit pulp, use passion fruit juice (or nectar), or passion fruit sorbet (ciao bella makes it). I’ve included different proportions below depending on what ingredients you’re using (they’re in rank order). The Passion Fruit Batida is a perfect cure for this never-ending winter, or paired with Latin Appetizers like empanadas and fried plantains.
Passion Fruit Batida
Ingredients
variation 1
- 4 ounces passion fruit pulp or puree frozen section
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups ice
- ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
variation 2
- 1 cup passion fruit sorbet
- ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk
- ¼ cup water
variation 3
- 1 ½ cups passion fruit juice
- 2 cups ice
- ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk
+ booze
- ¼ - ½ cup cachaça or white rum or skip this for an awesome Mocktail or dessert
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in the blender (I keep the puree frozen for easy storage).
Blend until smooth. It should pour like a very thin shake. As it sits, it will separate and get a lovely foamy head. Add water to thin it if yours is too thick. - Serve Passion Fruit Batida with a lime or starfruit garnish and some colorful straws.
