Another name for this exotic fruit soundsas the "fruit of passion." However, this has nothing to do with the special properties of the passion fruit. The fact is that the tropical vine, on which the fruits grow, is called in Spanish passionflower. In translation, this name means "the fruit of passion." About what taste has a passion fruit, how to eat this fruit, what dishes to add, we will tell in our article.
Description and taste of the fruit
Brazil is home to the passion fruit, butit is grown today in South Africa, and in Australia, and in America. In appearance, this exotic fruit resembles a large plum of a dark purple or yellow color. The skin of the passion fruit is dense and reliably protects the pulp from mechanical damage, damage. While the fruit is not ripe, it is smooth, and as it ripens it becomes wrinkled.
The fruit passion fruit 40% consists of juicy andsweet juice. The taste of fruit pulp can be compared with kiwi or with ripe sea buckthorn, or strawberries, plums and peaches at the same time. In general, it is unusual, tasty, juicy, refreshing. Trying this fruit is definitely worth everyone.
How to choose a passion fruit?
Only ripe fruits of this fruit have a pleasantby taste. Therefore, before you know how to eat a passion fruit, you need to figure out how to choose it correctly from the range presented in the store or on the market.
First of all, the fruit must be carefully examined.The sweetest fruits are the darkest-purple fruits. You can touch the fruit by touch. It should not be too hard. Otherwise, by cutting it, do not be surprised if the flesh turns out to be immature. And in order to determine whether the passion fruit is ripe, you need to shake the fruit in your hands. You should hear the movement of the fluid. If the fruit is ripe, it has a lot of tasty juice inside.
In the ripe passion fruit there is a slight smell of tropical fruit. Unripe fruits are odorless, tasteless and too firm to the touch. Buy these fruits is definitely not worth it.
How to eat passion fruit?
The fruit of this fruit is cut before use.knife in half. First you need to make sure that they are clean. To do this, they need to be thoroughly washed to get rid of chemicals, insects and dust on the surface. The passion fruit skin is firm, and it can only be cut with a knife. For this, the washed fruit is laid out on a chopping board and cut to the middle. Next, with the help of the hands, the passion fruit can be broken. This is done in order to preserve the delicious juice, in which a lot of nutrients.
Cutting a passion fruit, you can see a thick crust, like a lemon or orange, and juicy flesh with large seeds. If the fruit is ripe, it should be easily separated from the peel.
How to eat a passion fruit now depends onwhat purpose you cut it: eating in pure form or preparing a drink, a dish. In the first case, the pulp is simply scraped with a spoon and sent straight to the mouth. It is necessary to eat only the soft part with seeds, because the peel is bitter and tasteless. In the second case, the passion fruit is laid out with a spoon in a container with a lid and stored in the refrigerator. It can be used to make delicious cocktails and desserts.
Useful properties of passion fruit
The fruit's beneficial properties have long been valued:
- cancer prevention;
- prevention of eye diseases;
- improvement of intestinal motility due to high fiber content;
- pressure normalization;
- prevention of insomnia, stress;
- improving mood;
- normalization of the amount of sugar in the blood;
- reducing cholesterol;
- blood circulation improvement;
- weight loss;
- improving heart function and strengthening of blood vessels;
- increase immunity.
Regular consumption of fruits increasesbody resistance to viral diseases. For this you need to know how to eat a passion fruit. Eat only ripe and juicy, vitamin-rich fruit. In this case, your health will always be in perfect order.
Cooking recipes
Полезный фрукт можно не только употреблять в пищу in its pure form, but also use it to make interesting drinks, cocktails and desserts. There are different recipes with passion fruit, allowing you to make at home:
- delicious juice;
- cocktail with or without alcohol content;
- jam or jam;
- liquor;
- homemade yogurt;
- ice cream;
- other desserts.
The recipe for passion fruit jam is as follows:
- Of the 10 fruits cut with a knife with a spoon, the whole pulp is removed, laid out in a deep plate and sent to the refrigerator.
- The rind is folded into a saucepan, filled with water, put on the stove and cooked for 30 minutes.
- Using a spoon, the inside of the skin is cleaned, combined with half a glass of the liquid in which it was boiled, and crushed with a blender to a puree state.
- The resulting mass is combined with sugar (100 g or to taste), lemon juice and brought to a boil. After 3 minutes, mashed potatoes can be removed from heat.
- Paste the passion fruit from the fridge in the hot mass. The jam is transferred to a clean glass jar, after which it is stored in a refrigerator.
Even an inexperienced hostess can make jam using this recipe. And his taste will delight all households for a long time.
Application in cosmetology
In addition to cooking, passion fruit is widely used whenmaking all kinds of masks and creams for the face and hands. The flesh of the fruit has long been valued for the moisturizing effect that it has with regular use. Passion fruit masks give the skin a feeling of purity and freshness. Hair after the application of cosmetic products on the basis of these fruits become stronger and well-groomed.
