Bought an unripe avocado? Help him ripen at home in one of 6 ways

To begin with, it is important to decide: do you want the avocado to ripen quickly at home? Or do you have enough time for this: from one to two days to a week?

It will depend on how and with what devices it is necessary to accelerate the ripening.

Signs of maturity

The ready-to-eat avocado fruit has the following characteristics:

• It is quite soft, when pressed with a little effort, a small dent remains on the surface of the skin.
• The peel is not emerald in color, but moderately or dark green.
• The flesh in texture resembles slightly frosted butter.
• The characteristic aroma and taste are clearly felt.

Such a fruit can be immediately eaten or stored in the refrigerator until it is used to prepare a dish. But be sure to remember that long-term storage is unacceptable.

There is another secret, the knowledge of which will be useful in determining the maturity of the fetus. For the one who is still singing, the stalk is colored yellow or green. And in no case do not take with a brown stalk - this is a sign of overriding.

The benefits to humans

Avocados should be moderately mature also because only in this form can it benefit the human body. Namely:

• normalize the process of blood formation and the functioning of the circulatory system;
• prevent the development of atherosclerosis, periodontal disease, arthrosis;
• eliminate constipation.

In the microwave

It happens that an avocado needs to ripen as quickly as possible. Accelerated methods by which you can get an almost instant result are associated with processing at elevated temperatures.

Avocados will mature literally in 0.5–1 minutes in the microwave. Before the procedure, it is pricked with a fork in several places, laid out on a plate and sent for ripening in a microwave oven. It is easy to check the degree of maturity with a toothpick or simply by pressing a finger: a slight dent remains - it's time to get it. No - that means you need to hold it for another half a minute.

This method has two nuances:

• Sending the fruit to the microwave, it must be covered with a paper towel or a lid so that it does not explode.
• Before eating or slicing to cook, ripened fruit must be allowed to cool to room temperature.

In the oven

Before placing the avocado in the oven, it is wrapped in aluminum foil - tightly and without cracks. The temperature should be 180-200 degrees. Five minutes - and you're done. Do not keep, as some advise, for 10-15 minutes, you just bake it! The foil is removed after cooling so as not to burn your hands.

Accelerated methods have a significant minus: after heat treatment, the fruit slightly changes its natural taste and aroma. This turn of affairs is not to everyone's liking. But do not be scared. Despite this, the fruit remains quite suitable for the preparation of salads, cocktails, guacamole.

In the newspaper

This is the old "grandmother" way. The fruit is wrapped in a newspaper and put in heat. If it’s winter outside, then all you have to do is put it closer to the battery. The result will be in two to three days.

In a paper bag with bananas

Avocados are placed in a craft packaging bag along with ripe bananas (apples, pears can also be put). The latter emit vapors of ethylene, which accelerate aging. And ethylene kraft paper holds well. You can use a plastic bag, but check the contents more often.At a temperature of + 22-24 degrees, an avocado can mature in a couple of days.

In polyethylene

It happens that inexperienced housewives cannot determine by touch whether an avocado is ripe, cut it. And it turns out that all the same, alas, unripe. Everything is lost? Already not ripening? Not! There is a good way to fix the situation. The cuts are sprayed with squeezed juice from a lemon. Both halves, without removing the bones, are folded “as it was”, wrapped with cling film. Then put on a shelf in the refrigerator and wait 2-3 days. Check: is it ripe? If so, the film is removed and used as intended for a day or two.

On the windowsill

If you bought an immature avocado and take your time, of course, it is best to use the simplest, oldest and most proven way: put it on a sunny windowsill. In this way, it ripens longer, but on the other hand, in the most natural way.

Be sure to check more often, is it ripe? If the window sill is excessively wet, rot may develop.

Now you know how to help an avocado ripen at home, where to put it and in what material to wrap, so that the process goes faster and without unpleasant surprises.

If you bought an unripe avocado, be sure to use one of the six listed methods. After all, unripe fruit is not just tasteless - it contains a large number of substances harmful to humans, and the green peel is considered poisonous at all, which can cause food poisoning.