Do you like passion fruit? As one of the most popular fruits, many people like to drink a cup of passion fruit juice every day to supplement vitamin C and other nutrients. Passion fruit, commonly known as Brazil fruit, scientific name passion fruit, shape like an egg, also known as' egg fruit '. It is known as passion fruit because of its fragrant pulp, which can give off the rich aroma of pomegranate, mango, banana, pineapple, strawberry, lemon, mango and many other fruits.
How to choose passion fruit
1. Look at the appearance: the better passion fruit is uniform in size and dark in color. The passion fruit planted on the mountain is generally purple, and the passion fruit planted on the ground is dark red and slightly larger. Usually the passion fruit planted on the mountain is more delicious.
2. Look at the pulp: Delicious passion fruit pulp is dark yellow, if the flesh bone is light yellow, then the taste is not so good. Generally, the flesh of passion fruit planted on the mountain is dark yellow, and the passion fruit planted on the mountain is better than that planted on the plain.
3. Passion fruit needs to have three characteristics to be considered excellent: sour, sweet and fragrant are the basic requirements to reflect the high quality of passion fruit. If the fragrance is not strong enough, it means that it is not so good.
How to choose sweet passion fruit
The first kind of specific weight: choose the one with heavy fruit body, weigh it over, and the one with heavy feeling is better. If the passion fruit is too light and the fruit head is big, it is usually caused by spraying the expanding agent, but the flesh is still very few. This kind of passion fruit should be carefully selected. First, there are many pesticides, and second, the fruit is very sour. Big fruit is generally 6-8 a Jin!
The second color: passion fruit choose deep purple or big red fruit is more mature; pink or green fruit is more resistant to put, generally can put 5-6 days (this kind of fruit in the refrigerator is not recommended, because it will not ripen naturally). The color of passion fruit planted on the mountain is generally darker than that planted on the flat land. The fruit on the mountain is purple and uniform because the soil does not stagnate water and is exposed to light for a long time. The fruits of flat land are mostly dark red and slightly larger.
If you buy fruit online, it is recommended to buy 8-9 mature fruit, namely Pink Passion fruit, because the fruit will ripen by itself, too ripe fruit will easily rot in the process of sending, and there will be a lot of problems when you get the fruit, such as: the flesh will be scattered into water, the skin of the fruit has rotten and so on. This kind of fresh fruit is suitable for distribution. You can know that it is just picked fruit by looking at the fresh stalk!
Many businesses on the Internet sell passion fruit, all of which are red photos. This kind of fruit is generally not picked, should be the business product for a period of time, not fresh fruit to the customer is easy to rot! Conscience seller will tell you, if you are visual purchase, be careful!
The third way to smell fruit: fresh ripe fruit put two to three days to eat, fruit strong sweet. Passion fruit has three obvious flavors: sour, sweet and fragrant. The ripe fruit on the mountain is sweet and has stronger aroma. The fruit on the ground is sweet and slightly sour, and its aroma is slightly inferior to that of the mountain fruit. Some sellers in order to make the passion fruit look good, use ripener and preservative, if you receive the passion fruit, open the box to smell sour, then be careful! If the natural fruit is picked and the ecological shipment is delivered, it is very fragrant to open the box. Oh, when it is packed with foam, the weather is too hot, the fruit is sweating, and it can smell a foam box.
How to eat passion fruit
Passion fruit juice is the favorite way for many girls. Many beverage stores will mix a drink: Passion Fruit Shake juice. In addition, passion fruit can also be used to make jam, or cake, dessert and so on. Now let's take a look at how to eat passion fruit!
1. Raw: cut the passion fruit with a knife, scrape off the meat and seeds with a spoon, and eat the sour and sweet ones directly. If you like the sweet taste, you can also put in sugar or honey to mix well and then eat them. Many people are puzzled about how to remove the seeds of passion fruit. In fact, the seeds of passion fruit can be eaten. Its taste is crisp, and it has a different taste when eaten with sweet and sour pulp at the same time!
2. Soak in water: make Baixiang fruit tea. The specific method is: divide the egg and fruit into two parts, put them into the cup, then put in the rock sugar, soak them in boiling water for about 6 minutes, then you can drink them. Baixiang fruit tea is sour and sweet, very appetizing and thirst quenching.
3. Juicing: first dig out the flesh of passion fruit; put it in the juicer, stir it; put it in the container, add sugar, stir it evenly; pour it in with warm water, then add honey, a cup of sweet and sour passion fruit juice is ready.
How long can passion fruit be stored
1. Place in a well ventilated and dry place
Passion fruit, like banana, is a kind of respiratory fruit. The ethylene receptor of the fruit can initiate the ripening reaction. When it matures, it will emit heat and gas, so it needs to be stored in gout. Under the normal temperature, ventilation and dry environment, passion fruit can be stored for about a week. At this time, the skin of passion fruit will be a little dry and wrinkled, but the pulp and juice have little effect, it is still a fresh stage.
2. Cold storage
The individual passion fruit is wrapped with plastic wrap, and then put into the refrigerator for cold storage. When you want to eat, you can take it out. This method can be stored for about 2 weeks, but the flesh taste will be slightly worse.
3. Made into passion fruit products
If you want to taste the unique flavor of passion fruit at any time, you can make it into a variety of passion fruit food. Here are two kinds of recommended.
1) , passion fruit pulp
Clean and dry the passion fruit, kitchen knife and chopping board. Cut the passion fruit, dig the flesh into a clean and dry glass container with a spoon, and then seal it and store it in the refrigerator. When you want to eat, scoop some with warm water and drink it. You can add some honey and lemon.
2) , passion jam
As with other jams, wash and cut passion fruit, dig out the pulp with a spoon, mix it with sugar, put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours, take it out and pour it into a stainless steel pot to heat and boil, then heat it over a low fire and stir it until it is dark and thick. Then put it in a can while it is hot and seal it. After cooling, put it in the refrigerator.