Plus, you never know what kind of critter has been crawling around on it. It’s easy to harvest this way, but the fruit can be dirty. The sturdy outer shell of the passion fruit protects it from damage when ripe fruit drops to the ground. Get prepared to juice passion fruitĬlean your fruit. A liliko‘i vine can climb 30 feet or more, making the fruit hard to reach. I’ve found the best way to do this is with a blender or food processor. The trick is to break the pulp from the seeds. I’ve fine-tuned my method of making passion fruit juice after years of foraging for liliko‘i. If you want just passion fruit juice - for making jelly or bread or liliko‘i gingerade - you’ll need to remove the pesky seeds. Don’t try to crunch the seeds just swallow them whole. Put liliko‘i flesh - seeds and all - in your mouth and savor the flavor. How to eat passion fruit straight out of the shell: Cut hard shell in half with serrated knife. (Try scooping some over vanilla ice cream for a delicious treat!)
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They’re usually just swallowed whole, along with the tangy sweet pulp. You eat the seeds, but they are hard and not exactly chewable. What’s inside?Įach passion fruit contains about a tablespoon or two of bright orange, seedy flesh. The passion fruit seeds are edible, and the flesh and seeds are typically eaten together.
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The skin color of fresh passion fruits varies, and one - the Jamaican liliko‘i - even has a fuzzy surface, much like a fresh peach. It’s tart and tangy and sweet all at the same time. Liliko‘i is probably my favorite tropical fruit flavor. (There’s a giant liliko‘i variety that’s a bit rare - it’s about the size of a cantaloupe and even has a slight melon-like flavor!) The yellow passion fruit grows most commonly found here, but there’s also a purple passion fruit and a fuzzy peach-colored variety that’s often called Jamaican liliko‘i that has more of a sweet flavor. When fruit sets, it starts as a small orb and grows in size until the fruit itself is two to three inches in diameter. Ready to switch from store bought to homemade? Let me help you make some changes! Grab my FREE five-part guide to getting started.