How you can accelerate the ripening of avocados at home, what you need to do to bring to ripeness
A delicious and healthy food that is recommended to be included in your diet regularly is avocado. The ripe fruit has a delicate, buttery texture with a mild, slightly specific flavor. Most often, unripe specimens are sold in stores. Therefore, you need to know how to properly accelerate the ripening of avocados in order to quickly enjoy its unsurpassed taste.
How to recognize ripe and unripe fruit
Determining the maturity of the fruit in the store is not difficult if you know all the distinctive features. But when buying an unripe specimen, you should not be upset. This fruit ripens well at home.
Peel color
The skin and shade of different varieties may vary. Some avocados have a smooth surface, others have pimples or wrinkles. The degree of maturity is determined by the color of the peel:
- a light green tint indicates that the fruit is not ripe;
- moderately green - almost ready for use, it will mature on its own in a day;
- with a dark green color, the fruit is ready to eat;
- very dark shade, almost black - spoiled avocado.
Fetal hardness
If it is impossible to determine the degree of maturity by the color of the skin, then you can understand by the hardness of the fruit.
- The tough, hard fruit that does not squeeze is not yet ripe. He will need to lie down for another week.
- Slightly soft when pressed, the avocado will ripen in a couple of days.
- The fruit is ripe if softness is felt with slight pressure and the fruit is pressed.
- Overripe - Too soft and may have dents.
Depending on the variety, the color can be almost any shade. There are completely black fruits, which are among the most delicious, in this variety, maturity is determined only by hardness.
The condition of the bone and stalk
You can check the ripeness of the fruit by examining the stalk. If you have a tail, you need to tear it off. If the stalk is light brown, then the fruit is ripe. Black color is a sign of overripe fruit, which is not recommended for consumption.
In mature specimens, the bone is easily separated from the pulp; in immature specimens, the bone is attached tightly and will have to be cut out.
Ways to accelerate ripening at home
If an unripe avocado is purchased, few people know what to do with it.Often, having tasted such a fruit, the desire to use it in the future disappears. Juicy, soft, well-ripe fruit will delight you with a pleasant taste and rich aroma. Therefore, you need to figure out what you need to do in order to feast on ripe avocados as quickly as possible.
Heating in the oven
If you follow simple guidelines, the ripening process will go faster. It is necessary:
- Wrap the washed fruit with foil.
- Warm up the oven. It will take 200 ° C.
- Place the blanks on a baking sheet and send to the oven. Hold for 10 minutes.
High-speed in the microwave
This method is suitable when an avocado needs to be urgently added to a dish:
- Peel the fruit. Cut into cubes.
- Put in a heat-resistant container and send to the microwave oven.
- Warm up for half a minute at maximum mode.
Disadvantages of this method:
- color is lost;
- the aroma becomes less intense;
- a lot of juice is released.
In a paper bag
The gas that helps the fruit ripen is ethylene. The package is a simple trap that can hold it. You can use any store or McDonald's. Important rules:
- Place a tomato, apple or banana in the bag along with the avocado. The latter fits best. Fruits release ethylene in large quantities. The abundant amount of gas helps to ripen faster. Close the package.
- Store in a room. You cannot put it into the refrigerator. Direct sunlight should not fall on the package. The ideal temperature is + 18 ... + 24 ° С.
- Check content periodically. With other fruits in the bag, the avocado will reach technical maturity after 3 days. Better to check by touch. If the avocado is placed in the bag without other fruits, it will ripen no earlier than 5 days later.
Using newspaper
To ripen the avocado faster, you can use the oldest method - a newspaper. How to use:
- Wrap unripe copies in a newspaper sheet and place in a warm place.
- A hot, but unplugged oven can help ripening, in which the fruit is placed and left for 2 days.
Make an alligator pear ripe in foil
If the fruit must be used directly on the day of purchase, then a proven method will help - using foil:
- Wrap the fruit in two layers of foil.
- Send to a hot oven (210 ° C).
- Leave for 10 minutes.
It should be noted that this method slightly changes the taste of the avocado.
With boiling water
Boiling water will help to quickly bring to readiness:
- Peel the skin. Cut out the bone. Cut into strips.
- Place in a sieve and dip in boiling water. Leave for 2 minutes.
The method is very simple. After cooling, it is immediately suitable for adding to salads.
A way to quickly soften the fruit
Avocados usually ripen for several days. If fruit is urgently needed for a salad, you can use the microwave.
Making avocados soft in just a few minutes:
- Pierce the fruit from all sides with a fork. Place on a plate. Cover with a plastic cover. This is a prerequisite, as the fruit can explode without cover.
- Set the maximum mode and time 30 seconds.
- If during this time it was not possible to soften the avocado, then warm it up for another 30 seconds.
Cool and use as usual.
How to accelerate the ripening of already cut fruits
If the cut fruit is not ripe, action must be taken quickly. Otherwise, the pulp will darken and acquire a brown tint:
- Drizzle lemon juice over the cut. This will help maintain the natural color of the flesh.
- Connect the parts. The bone cannot be removed. Wrap in plastic wrap.
- Send to the refrigerator compartment and keep until the fruit ripens.
You can help the avocado ripen in any way suggested. It is important to take into account that any heat treatment changes the taste.
