How to choose a ripe pineapple

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

This guide will help you find the juiciest and tastiest fruit in the store.

Step 1. Inspect the pineapple

Ripe pineapple has an oval shape, a dry stalk and a dense shoot (sultan) 10–12 cm long. Eyes are yellow-brown in color with slightly dry tips. There should be dark green or brownish grooves between them.

Green peel indicates the immaturity of the fruit, and brown or burgundy - about its deterioration.

Do not use pineapple with brown spots and whitish grooves. These are signs of rot and mold.

Step 2. Push and knock

Having chosen an appetizing fruit with your eyes, take it in your hands. The peel of a ripe pineapple is firm and firm. When pressed, the eyes should be punched out and immediately restored. If pressed, and the dent remained, the fruit began to deteriorate. If the pineapple is harder than a coconut, it is not yet ripe.

Pineapple weighs 1 to 2 kg.

Did you take the fruit in your hands and don't feel the weight? You come across a stale fruit that has already begun to dry and, accordingly, lose weight. Put it in place and take a closer look at another instance.

When you find a weighty pineapple, tap on it. As with the choice of a watermelon, a dull sound speaks of the ripeness and juiciness of the fruit. And sonorous, on the contrary, about immaturity.

Step 3. Twist the sultan

Plucked pineapples are often found in stores. Allegedly, the ripeness of the pineapple can be determined by the inner leaf of the shoot. This is not true. For example, in a rotten fruit, the inner leaf is also separated without effort.

The appearance of the Sultan is much more revealing. Ripe pineapple has a dark green shoot with slightly dry tips. A bright green sultan speaks of the immaturity of the fruit - the pulp will be tough, dry and tasteless. Brown leaves are a sign of spoilage.

Take the sultan at the base and try to twist a little. Does it give in? You are holding a ripe fruit. No? The pineapple was cut too early. Just do not overdo it: a ripe pineapple shoot can be easily torn off with your hands, and other buyers have probably tried to do this before you.

Step 4. Smell

Hold the pineapple at arm's length. Do you smell a pleasant sweetish aroma? You have chosen a great fruit!

Green pineapple does not smell, spoiled it gives off rot.

Can pineapple ripen at home

Pineapples are grown in Central and South America and Southeast Asia. Harvesting on plantations takes place three times a year. And, unlike bananas, pineapples don't come through after being cut.

Unripe pineapple flesh burns the lips, stings the mouth and can cause an upset stomach.

It makes no sense to hang the fruit upside down, keep it warm or cold. If the pineapple was cut green, you cannot add sweetness and juiciness to it.

How to store pineapple

It is recommended to keep the ripe fruit in the refrigerator. Wrap the pineapple in a paper bag and place in the fruit drawer.

Keep pineapple in the refrigerator for no more than a week.

To extend the shelf life, peel, cut and freeze the pulp. In the freezer, pineapple will lie quietly for two to three months.