1 | Remove the small hard end of avocado. | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-1.webp) |
2 | Take the avocado in your hand, press the knife blade onto the end of the fruit, and cut across until you meet the stone. | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-2.webp) |
3 | Then turn around the stone, until you come back to the starting point. | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-3.webp) |
4 | Then take hold the avocado with one half in each hand and twist in opposite directions... | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-4.webp) |
5 | ... the two halves are easy detached. | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-5.webp) |
6 | To remove the stone, take the half which contains it in your hand, and give the stone a sharp blow with the knife: the blade will penetrate about half a centimetre ( ¼ inch). | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-6.webp) |
7 | Then give twist the knife, by holding avocado firmly... | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-7.webp) |
8 | ... and the stone should come out easily. | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-8.webp) |
9 | To remove flesh, use a tablespoon... | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-9.webp) |
10 | ... pass the tablespoon along the skin... | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-10.webp) |
11 | ... and scoop out avocado flesh in one movement. | ![How to prepare an avocado : etape 25 How to prepare an avocado : etape 25](/images/recettes/trucs_astuces/128-11.webp) |
12 | To recap, watch the complete operation in this video. | ![Click to watch the video Click to watch the video](/images/clic-video-en.webp) |
The best avocado kind is, in my opinion, the "Hass", almost purple or black and knobbly. Beware of perfect green shiny avocados, they have no taste. In general, let's say that the uglier they are, the better.