How to Peel and Dice an Avocado Without Getting All Messy

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peel and dice an avocado without getting all messy

How to Peel and Dice an Avocado Without Getting All Messy

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Make sure your avocado is ripe! It should give a little when you squeeze it gently. Keep avocados in the fruit bowl! When they are ripe then you can store them in the fridge to last longer.

Make sure your avocado is ripe! It should give a little when you squeeze it gently. Keep avocados in the fruit bowl! When they are ripe then you can store them in the fridge to last longer.

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Cut in half length ways. Let the blade of the knife feel the stone in the middle and then move around it.

Cut in half length ways. Let the blade of the knife feel the stone in the middle and then move around it.

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Should look like this

Should look like this

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Gently but firmly tap the knife into the stone

Gently but firmly tap the knife into the stone

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Twist the knife to dislodge the stone

Twist the knife to dislodge the stone

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Lift stone out

Lift stone out

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Carefully! Hold the avocado in one hand, cut the flesh into strips, go gently so you don't pierce the skin or yours! A blunt knife is a good idea when starting out!

Carefully! Hold the avocado in one hand, cut the flesh into strips, go gently so you don't pierce the skin or yours! A blunt knife is a good idea when starting out!

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Then cut crossways

Then cut crossways

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Using a dessert spoon, "cut" into the flesh along the skin lines

Using a dessert spoon, "cut" into the flesh along the skin lines

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Follow the skin and move the spoon around

Follow the skin and move the spoon around

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Until all the dice are loose

Until all the dice are loose

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Tip your dice into whatever you need them for!

Tip your dice into whatever you need them for!

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Easy! No mess!

Easy! No mess!

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Let me know how you get on! :-)

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Klaus Bravenboer

Love it, this makes it super easy. I tend to try this with avocados that are too hard and fail miserably. Do you have any tips to help avocados ripen more quickly?

Klaus Bravenboer 5 months ago

yuji kawamura

I see(^。^) It does so from the following o(^▽^)o

yuji kawamura 10 months ago

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Thanks :-)

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Y P

What a pretty spoon!

Y P 10 months ago

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