Avocados get overripe and mushy very quickly.
To prevent this from happening, you can simply freeze the fruit.
What you have to consider.
Guacamole *, pasta sauce, spreads: you can make so many goodies out of avocados.
However, the green fruits can only be processed well if they have soft flesh, but not yet mushy, brown spots.
Finding the perfect avocado is sometimes like finding a needle in a haystack.
Most of the fruits in the supermarket are still too hard or already so overripe that they quickly become unappetizing.
If you are lucky enough to get a “just right”
ripe avocado
, but you cannot use it right away, there is a simple solution to make the delicate avocados last longer.
Because you can just
freeze them
!
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Keeping Avocados Fresh: Use This Simple Storage Trick
First, do the test to see if the avocado is fully ripe.
To do this, take the fruit in your hand and apply light pressure on the fruit with your fingers.
If the avocado gives way, it is ripe.
If this is not the case, this article will teach you a few dos and don'ts about ripe hard avocados.
To keep ripe avocados fresh for later use, you can freeze them.
However, you should not freeze it whole, because it takes longer to defrost and you don't notice whether the fruit has bad spots on the inside.
Instead, you should
freeze
the
avocado in half
.
Proceed as follows:
Carefully cut the avocado in half with a sharp knife and remove the core with a tablespoon.
Drizzle the halves with a little lemon juice, this will keep the green color.
Wrap the avocado halves airtight (for example in screw-top jars or cling film) and place them in the freezer.
Avocados keep frozen for about eight months.
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Fresher for longer: thaw and use frozen avocado
If you want to use the frozen avocado, get it out of the freezer and either place it in a bowl at room temperature for about an hour.
Alternatively, you can gently thaw them in the refrigerator overnight.
Then you can process them as usual.
Don't be surprised if the avocado has changed its consistency slightly after thawing.
This does not change the taste and is also not harmful.
The thawed avocados are particularly suitable for creamy dishes such as guacamole, avocado toast or green smoothies.
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You must not freeze this food again after it has been thawed
You must not freeze this food again after it has been thawed
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