Torta de Maracuyá

Peruvian Torta de Maracuyá Recipe

Passion fruit, known in other countries as parchita or passion fruit, is a fruit with an intense flavor, pleasant aroma and very versatile in the kitchen. As it can be used to make soft drinks, cocktails, desserts, sauces and creams for various main dishes. Let's cook!

How to Prepare Passion Fruit Cake

Preparing a delicious Passion Fruit Cake is much simpler than you imagine and it will not be like a flat cake, with this recipe you will have a spongy dessert almost like a cheesecake, slightly bittersweet and that will flood the environment with its exquisite aroma.

Ingredients

FOR THE PASSION FRUIT CREAM AND SAUCE:

• 1.5 cups of passion fruit pulp (packaging 6 units of large size passion fruit
• 3 jars of condensed milk
• 8 egg yolks
• 2 units of passion fruit large size
• 1/2 cup of white sugar

FOR THE MASS:

• 2 1/2 cups of prepared flour
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 150 grams of unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/4 teaspoon of fine salt

Method

LET'S START WITH THE FILLING CREAM:

1. If you did not get passion fruit pulp already ready, prepare a thick juice by doing the following: with a spoon, scoop out the contents of the 6 passion fruit and bring them to a boil, while still hot, use a sieve to extract as much juice as possible into a container. Discard the seeds.
2. In a bowl, add the condensed milk and while stirring, add the passion fruit (pulp or juice) continuously in the form of a thread. When the milk is completely united with the passion fruit, add the egg yolks and mix well. Reserve this preparation until the dough is ready.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO PREPARE THE DOUGH:

1. In a bowl, beat the butter until soft, add the sifted flour with the sugar and salt, the egg yolks and the vanilla, mix with your fingers without kneading, form a ball with the dough, cover the bowl with a cloth and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, heat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and grease the pan with butter.
3. After 15 minutes, remove the dough from the refrigerator, stretch with a rolling pin until it is half a centimeter thick. Cover the entire mold with the dough, cover with parchment paper and bake for 20 minutes until cooked but not browned.
4. Once the base is cooked, remove from the oven and lower the temperature to 130°C (280°F), add the filling and bake again for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool while you make the topping.

PASSION FRUIT SAUCE:

1. Extract the pulp of the 2 passion fruit, strain to separate the seeds and discard half of them.
2. Place the passion fruit juice and half of the seeds in a pot, add the sugar, cook over medium heat until it forms a syrup. Let cool.

Attention

When the Passion Fruit Sauce is cold, cover the cake and refrigerate for 10 minutes so that it sets, unmold it and ready to enjoy. BON APETIT!

2 great tips to prepare Passion Fruit Cake.

Tips and tricks

• We can buy passion fruit pulp frozen with and without seeds, for this preparation you must first thaw the necessary amount and, if necessary, extract the seeds.
• It is always necessary to freeze the dough before rolling it out, otherwise it will be difficult to manipulate to line the mold.

Additional information

In our research we found that Cakes exist since Before Christ, in ancient Greece , but not as we know them today, that is, they were not sweet, they were like a cake made of bread and filled with meat or fish seasoned with salt. Then the Romans invented the two-tier cake with a flour crust and baked.

The use of fruit in a cake and its presentation as a dessert is associated with the reign of Elizabeth I of England, who requested that the meat or fish filling be replaced by cherries. We imagine that during the colony this dessert was included in America, and as we already know we have always been ingenious with gastronomy, someone had the idea and the passion fruit cake .

In addition, passion fruit has nutritional and medicinal properties , is rich in Vitamin A and C (antioxidants for the immune system) and high amount of fiber (for the intestinal tract), among other properties. If you haven't tried it yet, you can start by preparing the Passion Fruit Cake recipe that we share with you today.

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