If you've tried an avocado and didn't like it, you probably just got an unripe fruit. There are certain rules in choosing a ripe avocado, adhering to which, you will be able to buy an exceptionally tasty fruit.
Instructions
Step 1
Examine the fetus carefully. Ripe avocados have a smooth, intact skin that is free of brown spots. If you find such spots on the peel, do not buy the avocado, as this fruit has time to overripe.
Step 2
To choose the right avocado, be sure to hold it in your hand and taste it. The very hard fruit is immature, while the fleshy and mushy fruit is overripe. A ripe avocado should be soft, but not friable.
Step 3
Press on the avocado rind with your finger. A dent will remain on the skin of an overripe fruit, and the skin of an unripe avocado will not give in to pressing at all. If the avocado is ripe, there will be a small dent on the skin that will soon disappear.
Step 4
You can also identify a ripe avocado by the cuttings. Try breaking off the handle. In an unripe fruit, the stalk does not break off, or it breaks off with difficulty, and the flesh under the stalk has a light yellow-green color. If the flesh under the stem is brown, the avocado has time to overripe. A perfectly ripe avocado has bright green flesh under the handle, sometimes with brown streaks. It is even better if, with a slight pressure, a little juice is released through the trace from the removed cutting.
Step 5
It is advisable to buy not perfectly round avocados, but slightly elongated ones. The elongated shape indicates that the fruit was not picked too green and that it was ripening on the tree. This type of avocado is tastier.
Step 6
It may be that in the store you only come across unripe avocados. In this case, you can buy what you have and wait for the avocado to ripen. Depending on the degree of ripeness, the avocado may take 2 to 6 days to ripen. The ripening process should take place at room temperature, so do not put the avocado in the refrigerator. To speed up the ripening process, wrap each fruit in newspaper or kitchen paper towels.
