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Guides and recipes
How to choose, store and use tropical fruit pulp, at home or in your business.
Guides
- 4 min read
Fruit pulp vs. purée vs. concentrate: what you are actually buying
Three products that look alike on a label and behave very differently in a kitchen and on a cost sheet.
- 3 min read
What is lulo (naranjilla) and how do you use it
The Andean fruit almost nobody in Canada knows, and that is on every table in Colombia.
- 3 min read
How to store and thaw frozen fruit pulp
Temperatures, timings, and the mistakes that ruin flavour and texture.
- 3 min read
What a glass of juice made from fruit pulp really costs
The sum every juice bar and restaurant should do before setting a menu price.
Recipes
Soursop milkshakeThe Colombian classic: creamy, sweet-tart and ready in two minutes.5 min · 3 servings
Passion fruit juiceTart, fragrant, and the best seller in any Latin juice bar.5 min · 4 servings
Lulada (Cali-style lulo drink)The drink of Cali: lulo, lime and ice, stirred, never blended.5 min · 2 servings
Guava juice with milkSweet, perfumed and pink. The lunchbox juice of Colombia.5 min · 3 servings
Andean blackberry sauce for dessertsFor cheesecake, ice cream, pancakes or yogurt. Ten minutes on the stove.15 min · 6 servings
Piña colada (with or without rum)Made with real pineapple pulp instead of canned juice.5 min · 1 servings
Mango lassiYogurt, mango and a hint of cardamom.5 min · 2 servings
Strawberry lemonadeA jug to share, with no artificial syrups.10 min · 6 servings
Tree tomato hot sauce (ají)The hot sauce on every Ecuadorian and Colombian table.10 min · 8 servings
Mango and passion fruit tropical smoothieTwo pulps, a banana and five minutes.5 min · 2 servings