Sweet Science - Passion Fruit

Passion Fruit - Passion Fruit Ice Cream

Today we return to the Saint-Paul-based Sweet Science brand for their implementation of a Passion Fruit flavor.  It is an ice cream and not a sorbet.  Passion fruit is native to South America -- its flower is the national flower of Paraguay.  The fruit got its same for its use by missionaries in Brazil.  So, the passion here is of the biblical sense and not the emotional sense.  The fruit and juice have a very sweet and tropical flavor.  The smell is also quite appealing.  Juice of the passion fruit is sometimes added to other fruit juices to enhance the aroma.  I have never had passion fruit in ice cream before, so this should be fun.

The base is a very bright yellowish white.  I can smell the fruit as soon as I open it up.  It smells quite good.  The first spoonful is very creamy.  As I mentioned above, this is an ice cream and not a sorbet.  The fruit is sweet and tropical flavored and blends really well with the milk and cream.  As I continued eating, I notice a bit of mild tartness but is normal with many tropical fruits.  The flavor stays very bright and even as I ate the entire pint in one sitting, the tartness never builds to the point of being sour.

This is an excellent and fun pint of ice cream.  It is very simple.  The description on the side of the pint says that they used fresh passion fruit and liked the way it blended with the cream and did not want to mess with it.  If you love passion fruit -- or any other tropical fruit -- then you should try this out.