Mystery Fruit - do you know what it is?

[ddelicious]

Received a big basket of fruit on the weekend, including one we couldn't identify. It is orange, about the size of a small pear with a long thin stem and a round ball. The skin is hard and smooth and fruit feels kind of hollow. When you cut it the inside is a mass of gelatinous grey seeds, very goopy.

Any ideas?

[ddelicious]

mystery solved, its a sweet granadilla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_gr...
which as oohlala correctly said is a south american passion fruit. thanks everyone!

[rworange]

tamarillo?
http://www.foodsubs.com/Fruittroex.ht...

[ddelicious]

no, the picture is similar but the description is wrong. there was no flesh to eat, just the goopy seeds. that is a great website though!

[oohlala]

passion fruit :)
it's a breed from south america

[ddelicious]

Could be, when I googled passion fruit I didn't see any picture of an orange one though.

[ddelicious]

check out the passion fruit on the website below, it didn't look anything like that. the outside was hard and smooth.

[Nyleve]

Guava? Does it have an intense floral tropical aroma (and taste, for that matter)? You generally use only the seedy gelatinous part - add to fruit salads or yogurt, for example. A little goes a long way.

[ddelicious]

The flavour was quite mild. So don't think it was that.