Passion fruit - how is this fruit? Useful properties and recipes

Another name for this exotic fruit sounds like "the fruit of passion." However, this has nothing to do with the special properties of passion fruit. The fact is that the tropical liana, on which the fruits grow, is called in Spanish passionflower. In translation, this name means "the fruit of passion." About what flavor qualities have passion fruit, as there is this fruit, what dishes to add, we will tell in our article.

Description and taste of fruit

The birthplace of passion fruit is Brazil, but it is grown today in South Africa, and in Australia, and in America. In appearance, this exotic fruit resembles a large plum of dark purple or yellow. The passion fruit patch is dense and reliably protects the pulp from mechanical damage, spoilage. While the fruit is unripe, it is smooth, and as it ripens it becomes wrinkled.

The fruit passion fruit is 40% of juicy and sweet juice. The taste of fruit pulp can be compared with kiwi or with ripe sea-buckthorn, or strawberry, plum and peach at the same time. In general, it is unusual, tasty, juicy, refreshing. Trying this fruit is exactly worth every person.

How to choose passion fruit?

Only the ripe fruit of this fruit has a pleasant taste. Therefore, before you learn how to eat passion fruit, you need to find out how to choose it correctly from the assortment presented in the store or on the market.

First of all, the fruit should be carefully examined. The sweetest are slightly wrinkled fruits of dark purple color. You can touch the fruit to the touch. It should not be too hard. Otherwise, cutting it, do not be surprised if the flesh turns out to be immature. And to determine, so passion fruit is ripe, you need to shake the fruit in your hands. You must hear the movement of the liquid. If the fruit is ripe, it has a lot of delicious juice inside.

In ripe passion fruit, there is a slight smell of tropical fruits. Unripe fruits do not have a smell, taste and are too hard to touch. You do not need to buy such fruits.

How to eat passion fruit?

Fruits of this fruit before eating cut with a 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 patch of passion fruit is hard, and it can only be cut with a knife. To do this, wash the washed fruit on a cutting board and cut into the middle. Further, with the help of hands, passion fruit can be broken. This is done in order to preserve the delicious juice, in which there are many nutrients.

Cutting passion fruit, you can see a thick crust, like a lemon or an orange, and juicy pulp with large seeds. If the fruit is ripe, it should be easily peeled off.

As there is passion fruit, it now depends on the purpose for which you cut it: eating it in its pure form or preparing a drink, a dish. In the first case, the flesh is simply scraped using a spoon and sent directly to the mouth. It is necessary to eat only a soft part with seeds, because the skin is bitter and not tasty. In the second case, the passion fruit is spread out in a container with a lid and stored in the refrigerator. It can be used for making delicious cocktails and desserts.

Useful properties of passion fruit

The useful properties of fruit have long been valued:

• Prevention of cancer;
• Prevention of eye diseases;
• Improvement of intestinal peristalsis, due to high fiber content;
• Normalization of pressure;
• Prevention of insomnia, stress;
• Improving mood;
• Normalization of the amount of sugar in the blood;
• Decrease in cholesterol;
• Improvement of blood circulation;
• Reduction in excess weight;
• Improvement of heart function and vascular strengthening;
• Increase immunity.

Regular consumption of fruits increases the body's resistance to viral diseases. For this you need to know how to eat passion fruit. Eat only ripe and juicy, vitamin-rich fruits. In this case, your health will always be in perfect order.

Cooking recipes

A useful fruit can not only be eaten in its pure form, but also used for preparing interesting drinks, cocktails and desserts. There are different recipes with passion fruit, allowing you to do at home:

• Delicious juice;
• A cocktail with or without alcohol content;
• Jam or jam;
• liquor;
• Homemade yogurt;
• ice cream;
• Other desserts.

The recipe for the passion fruit jam is as follows:

1. Out of 10 fruits cut with a knife with a spoon, all the flesh is taken out, laid out in a deep plate and sent to the refrigerator.
2. The rind is piled in a saucepan, filled with water, put on a stove and cooked for 30 minutes.
3. With the help of a spoon, the inside of the peel is peeled off, combined with half the glass of liquid in which it was cooked, and crushed with a blender until it is pure.
4. The resulting mass is combined with sugar (100 g or to taste), lemon juice and brought to a boil. After 3 minutes, the mashed potatoes can be removed from the fire.
5. In the hot mass is added flesh of passion fruit from the refrigerator. Jam is transferred to a clean glass jar, and then sent to storage in the refrigerator.

Manufacture of jam under this recipe is within the power of even an inexperienced mistress. And his taste will long please all the household.

Application in cosmetology

In addition to cooking, passion fruit is widely used in the manufacture of all kinds of masks and creams for face and hands. The flesh of the fruit has long been valued for the moisturizing effect that it renders with regular application. Face masks on the basis of passion fruit give the skin a feeling of purity and freshness. Hair after the application of a cosmetic product on the basis of these fruits becomes more robust and well-groomed.