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Barbadine punch
Granadilla milk drink
Barbadine punch: giant granadilla blended with milk and nutmeg
Barbadine, the giant granadilla, grows on vines over backyard fences across Trinidad and turns up at Sunday lunch blended into a pale, creamy punch. The fruit's soft white flesh and the perfumed seed pulp inside are both used, giving a gentle passion-fruit flavour that milk, nutmeg and a little sugar round out. It is alcohol-free and made for the whole family. A frequent mistake is blending the seeds hard, which cracks them and turns the drink gritty and bitter: pulse the pulp briefly and strain it. Chef's tip: if you can't find barbadine, use the pulp of 6 passion fruit plus 200 g peeled honeydew melon for a similar taste.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 1 barbadineabout 1.5 kg (or see the tip in the intro)
- 1 ¼ cups cold water
- ¾ cup evaporated milkchilled
- 4 tbsp sugarto taste
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- ¼ tsp nutmegfreshly grated
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 ice cubes
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Cut 1 barbadine in half and scoop out the seeds and their pulp into a bowl. Peel the thick white flesh from the green skin and cut about 300 g of it into cubes.
8 minStep 3: Return the strained juice to the blender with the cubed flesh, ¾ cup evaporated milk, 4 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp lime juice, ¼ tsp nutmeg and 1 tsp vanilla extract and blend until smooth and creamy.
2 minStep 4: Taste for sweetness, then pour over 8 ice cubes in tall glasses and serve cold.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 190 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
- Fat
- 5 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does barbadine punch take?
- About 15 minutes in total.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of evaporated milk?
- Oat, soy or almond milk, same amount (use unsweetened for savoury dishes).
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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