Chef shares her foolproof way to cut an avocado and remove the seed
When it comes to preparing and eating avocados, there's a few tricky steps.
Firstly, you need to make sure it's the exact ripeness you need for your recipe, and secondly, you need to smoothly remove the seed without losing any fingers.
The tried and tested method to deseed an avocado seems to be to cut it in half, then slam a very large and sharp knife into the seed.
Watch the video above.
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When it comes to preparing an avocado, there's a few tricky steps to get through. Nine
Once that very large and sharp knife is really well wedged in, you simply twist the knife and (hopefully) the seed pops out.
Then your stuck with a very large and sharp knife wedged very well into a very solid seed, so you have to very skillfully wiggle it off without slicing yourself – which can sometimes be a challenge.
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Removing the seed can be a daunting task involving a very large knife getting precariously close to slicing off a finger. Nine
Another method trending on TikTok recently has been to slice your avocado in half, and then simply squeeze until the seed pops out.
But there's a few issues with this method:
- If your avocado isn't ripe enough, it simply won't work.
- If you wanted sliced avocado rather than mushed, you can say goodbye to that idea.
- It's just kind of messy.
But, thankfully, chef Minoli De Silva is here to save the day with a foolproof, clean, and safe way to cut your avocado and remove the seed.
Minoli De Silva has shared a foolproof way to cut an avocado and remove the seed. Nine
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Simply, just cut the avocado into quarters and the seed will pop straight out. Nine
De Silva says the best way to cut an avocado and safely remove the seed is as simple as just cutting it into quarters.
It makes sense when you think about it, when you cut the avocado into quarters, the seed just doesn't really have anything to hold it in place, it simply just falls out.
So, if like us you've been fearing for your fingers' safety every time you try and slide an avocado seed off the knife, why not just try cutting it into quarters next time.
