- Use a spoon or spatula to press on the seeds, which will help release the juices.
- You can keep cut passion fruit in the fridge for up to a week. You can also store just the pulp in the freezer for half a year. [4]
What is Passion fruit?
Passion fruit is one of the tropical fruit that is found mostly in North America, South American, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Passion fruit has a hard rind that is very colorful. The inside of passion fruit is juicy and full of seeds.
How to Pick a Passion Fruit
One of the great things about passion fruit is that it is a summer and winter fruit. It can be found during both seasons. There are some features you want to look for when it comes to passion fruit.
How to Store Passion Fruit
You want to make sure you wash the passion fruit first before you do anything else with it. You can store a whole and untouched passion fruit at room temperature for about two weeks. You can keep a whole passion fruit in a plastic bag or other sealed container for about one month.
How to Prepare Passion Fruit
The pulp and the seeds of passion fruit are edible. The seeds are nutritious and have a nice crunch. When a recipe calls for the pulp of passion fruit, you can scoop out the pulp with the seeds after you cut it in half.
Ways to Serve Passion Fruit
There are other ways you can serve passion fruit to enjoy the full taste of the fruit. You can add slices of it to the fruit salad. You can add a spoonful of it to meat. You can spread it on French bread or crackers along with cream cheese.
FAQs
If the skin of the passion fruit is brown, it means that the fruit is overripe. It also means that it is way past the time to eat it.
What is Guava?
Guava is a tropical fruit that is entirely edible. You can even eat the guava seeds. They are not hard seeds like you might find in other fruit. The flesh of guava is typically dark red, pink, or white.
What do passionfruit seeds taste like?
The seeds of the passionfruit are the black little dots inside the flesh of the fruit. The seeds are rock hard and will taste crunchy and sour. You are better off mixing the fruit with something sweet to battle the sourness. For some people, seeds in general are hard to digest. Make sure you chew the seeds well before swallowing, and you’re good!
Why the seeds are considered as inedible
While the seeds of other fruits like cherries, plums, peaches and apricots contain amygdalin, the seeds of the passion fruit do not. Amygdalin will break down into cyanide, which, unfortunately, is toxic. It is believed by some that passion fruit seeds will cause appendicitis. In reality, eating the seeds of a passion fruit is completely safe.
