Post #231144 by KuKuAhu on Tue, May 9, 2006 9:55 AM

Yes, it is possible, and I do it all the time. It is cheaper than the artificial stuff, tastes far better, and it is frankly very easy.

I buy this passion fruit juice cocktail in a carton at the grocery. It is a common brand like Minute Maid or something like that (I know it when I see it). Anyway, my thinking is that the syrup I can buy contains zero passion fruit, this juice drink is about 70% white grape juice (aka sugar water) and 30% passion fruit juice/pulp. So by using it, I am getting a product with much more passion fruit than the zero count in the commercial stuff.

I pour the whole carton into a pot on the stove and turn up the heat. Let it reduce by one third, add 3/4 to one pound of high quality white sugar, stir until disolved. Funnel into a bottle, add 4 oz of white rum (preservative), shake, cool, store in the refrigerator.

I can buy the fake stuff, and I have. But nothing comes close to this recipe for the passion fruit flavor quotient, the orangey color, and the fragrance.

Your recipe using all passion fruit juice should work out similarly. Most passion fruit juices are blends or contain water anyway. I'm sure you'll be pleased.

Ahu