Avocado: how to eat it
AVOCADO: HOW TO EAT IT
Thanks to its many beneficial properties, avocado is slowly entering Italian cuisine, forming the basis of numerous recipes: from salad to toast, through smoothies, sauces and first courses. The only thing you need to be careful about is consuming avocado when it is ripe : to find out, just press lightly and, if the fruit is not too hard, it means it is ready to be eaten. Let's try to better understand how to eat avocado, how to peel it, how to season it and above all what are the simplest recipes to make.
AVOCADO: WHEN IS IT RIPE?
As we have already mentioned, avocados should be eaten when they are ripe . If they are quite soft to the touch, then they are ready; otherwise, to make them ripen quickly, simply leave them out of the refrigerator for a few days. The color is also a good indicator: if the skin is dark green, then the avocado is not ready to be eaten yet. However, remember that this does not apply to Hass avocados, which are dark green even when ripe.
AVOCADO: HOW TO PEEL IT
Now let's move on to the next step: the avocado is ripe and ready for all the recipes you intend to make. But how do you peel an avocado? To make the operation easier, just roll the avocado on a surface for about 30 seconds: in this way the pulp, after a small incision, will come off the peel very easily.
HOW TO SEASON AVOCADO
If you intend to consume the avocado as is, just split it in half, remove the stone and season it with salt, lemon, oil and, if you like, a sprinkling of paprika. Also, since the pulp is quite soft, it is possible to reduce it to a cream and spread it on croutons, bruschetta and toast.
AVOCADO SALAD: RECIPES
Avocado is mostly eaten raw, so it is excellent in salads, plain or combined with some other ingredient, such as salmon, shrimp, chicken. You can eat avocado salad as a side dish or as a main course, accompanied by toasted bread. Click here to discover many recipes for making avocado-based salads that are tasty but at the same time ultra light:
AVOCADO SMOOTHIE: HOW TO PREPARE IT
Avocado has a very creamy consistency, so it is excellent as a base for creams, smoothies and centrifuged drinks. As a smoothie it is excellent together with other exotic fruits, such as mango, while, if you prefer a detoxifying centrifuged drink, you can try the avocado-fennel mix.
AVOCADO: SIMPLE RECIPES
Finally, with avocado you can make many other simple recipes. You can spread it inside a toast, you can make guacamole sauce to accompany meat-based second courses, you can create nutritious but super quick first courses. By clicking below you will find all the avocado-based recipes you need:
Avocado Toast : Recipe
Avocado : guacamole sauce
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