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• To step
• Part 1 of 3: Choosing the perfect passion fruit
• Part 2 of 3: Washing and cutting the passion fruit
• Part 3 of 3: Passion fruit recipe ideas
• Tips

The passion fruit is perhaps one of the tastiest fruits in the world. They're even cooler because their hard, leathery shell makes them easy to take with you on a walk, to work, or while you're at home until you feel like a snack (just make sure you bring a knife or other tool available). Follow the steps below to find out how to choose, prepare and eat a passion fruit.

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Part 1 of 3: Choosing the perfect passion fruit

1. Check out the texture of the passion fruit peel. Choose fruits with a slightly wrinkled skin and a deep purple color - these are the fruits that are the ripest and therefore the sweetest. It's good to remember that it really doesn't matter whether you buy nice looking fruits or not. After all, you only eat the pulp inside the fruit. The softer the skin, the riper the fruit will be.
2. Shake the passion fruit. Grab a fruit and shake it. If you feel a lot of liquid or pressure inside the fruit, it means the fruit has a lot of seeds and moisture (aka a lot of delicious things to enjoy). Compare different fruits to see which fruit has the most pulp.
3. Smell the passion fruit. You can find out the taste if you smell the fruit. If you smell a lot of tropical scents, the fruit will taste good. However, if you don't smell anything, the fruit is probably too sour or tasteless.

Part 2 of 3: Washing and cutting the passion fruit

1. Wash the passion fruit. When you've bought a passion fruit, don't forget to wash it. Even though you won't eat the peel, it's important to wash the fruit so that any harmful chemicals, bacteria, or insects don't accidentally get into your mouth. This happens when an unwashed passion fruit is cut in half and the knife transfers the bacteria from the peel to the pulp.
2. Cut the passion fruit. When you have washed the fruit, place it on a cutting board. Carefully cut the fruit in half with a knife. A serrated knife works best for cutting through the tough skin of the passion fruit. Try to get as little juice out of the fruit as possible (it's delicious).
3. Know which parts you can eat and which you cannot. You will notice that the orange flesh is separate from the white skin. Remove the pulp with a spoon or fork and put it in a container (or directly in your mouth). Don't scrape the skin too hard. The white layer is bitter and tastes bad. Do not eat the peel.
4. When done, discard the peel and save the leftover fruit. Try to use the peel as a fertilizer. If you haven't finished eating the passion fruit yet, pour the contents into a small bowl and wrap cling film around it so that the pulp retains. You can also wrap the remaining half of the fruit with cling film and put it in the fridge.

Part 3 of 3: Passion fruit recipe ideas

1. Make passion fruit juice. Ancient civilizations may have talked about passion fruit juice when they talked about "the nectar of the gods."
2. Make margaritas or martinis with passion fruit. Instead of sticking to passion fruit juice, try something new and make cocktails so delicious they could be dangerous.
3. Make passion fruit jam. Get up, spread some passion fruit jam on your bread and you're guaranteed to have a good day. Starting your day with passion fruit can only mean that the day has something good in store for you.
4. Make passion fruit syrup. Forget the old, well-known raspberry syrup and make a drink that is sure to make you feel like you are sitting on a warm sandy beach - even in the middle of winter.
5. Add passion fruit to your yogurt. Why not go crazy and pour some passion fruit pulp over your Greek yogurt? Not only will this sweeten your yogurt, but you'll also want to dance around with pleasure.

Tips

• The more wrinkled the skin, the sweeter the passion fruit will be. Make sure the passion fruit is not turning brown. This is a sign that the fruit is overripe and is no longer edible.