Name: How to prepare an avocado
Prep time: 11 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 1 piece
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 avocado

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 1 min.

Remove the small hard end of avocado.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Take the avocado in your hand, press the knife blade onto the end of the fruit, and cut across until you meet the stone.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 min.

Then turn around the stone, until you come back to the starting point.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Then take hold the avocado with one half in each hand and twist in opposite directions...

Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

... the two halves are easy detached.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

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).

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.

Then give twist the knife, by holding avocado firmly...

Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 min.

... and the stone should come out easily.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 1 min.

To remove flesh, use a tablespoon...

Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.

... pass the tablespoon along the skin...

Stage 11 - ⌛ 1 min.

... and scoop out avocado flesh in one movement.

Stage 12

To recap, watch the complete operation in this video.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	0	0	0	0	0 RDI: 0 %
Per 100 g	0	0	0	0	0 RDI: 0 %

How much will it cost?

For 1 piece : 1.25 €

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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

In regard to step 6: If you're not careful, the blade may also penetrate about a half centimeter (1/4 inch) into the hand as well; it is likely to be be painful. If you are not comfortable with a chef's knife, in order to avoid injury, you may devise another method of removing the stone.
Thanks.
Posted by Chris october 5^th 2011 at 21:50 n° 1

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