How to store & cut your juicy mangoes this week! 🥭👇
How to store:
Keep unripe mangoes at room temperature and they will turn soft and sweet in a few days. If you want to speed up the process, you can place your mangoes in a tote bag (still at room temperature), which will help the fruit to release ethylene - a gas that speeds up the ripening. After that, store your ripe mangoes in the fridge where they'll last up to 5 days.
The best way to cut your mangoes 🔪:
Method 1:
● Stand the mango on a chopping board with the stem end facing upwards.
● Use a sharp knife to cut the ‘cheeks” all the way through the flesh, on each side
of the seed, about 1 cm away from the centre of the fruit.
● Trim the sides of the centre section on the diagonal, following the lines of the
seed, to remove as much flesh as possible.
● Insert the knife into the flesh just above the skin, holding the flat of the knife
down parallel to the chopping board. Gently follow the skin shape to remove it.
Method 2:
● Slice off the sides (also called “cheeks”) and cut the two small sides off the
mango to remove the flesh from the seed. There will be four total pieces of fruit.
● Hold the mango steady on the cutting board and score the flesh by making long
slits lengthwise to create multiple parallel lines of desired thickness. Then turn
the mango 90 degrees and cut similar sized lines perpendicular to the other tracks to form a crosshatch pattern. Score the two smaller pieces similarly for slices or cubes.
● Now scoop the flesh with a spoon or use a knife to cut off all the diced mango.
👩🍳 Tips courtesy of our guest ODDBOX chef Camille @callherchef
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