Representatives of overseas delights of gastronomy in our days are a dime a dozen, not that during the hard Soviet times of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain. One has only to glance at the nearest market or in a nearby supermarket, and the richest assortment from the world of flora of overseas countries will open to the amazed public. And what's there is not! Here the yellow-haired pomel, and here the shaggy kiwi, from a distance resembling large greenish eggs. At us on ignorance one дедуля and has asked the seller: "the Daughter, and on what it at you such big eggs and from what bird?" Oh, and all laughed then. Next to the kiwi lies something oblong, dark green. Oh, it's an avocado, great. I wonder if this amazing fruit is delicious, with what it is eaten, how correctly and whether it is necessary to clean the avocado? Well, let's find out about it together.
What is this wonder-avocado?
But before you deal with the gastronomic side of the overseas miracle, you need to understand its essence and get to know it better. The first question that comes to mind is whether an avocado is a fruit or a vegetable? After all, many "experts" say that it is a root crop, which means a vegetable that grows under the ground like a potato. But the study of special literature showed the opposite. No it is not a vegetable, but a real fruit growing on a tree at an altitude of 18 m and having an oval, spherical or pear-shaped shape. The habitat of avocados are tropical and subtropical countries - South Africa, Guatemala, Congo, Peru, Israel, Spain, etc. The peculiarities of the fruit include its unusual fat content. The ancient Aztecs even called avocado wood oil.
Nowadays this plant is actively cultivated, as its fruits represent high nutritional value for dietary and vegetarian type of food. It is known that in the flesh of one fetus, such vitamins as "K", "B6" and "C", as well as trace elements of potassium, copper and folate salts were collected. This composition allows us to conclude that avocados are extremely useful for people with diseases of the nervous, cardiovascular and reproductive systems. In medicine it is known that this fruit perfectly improves potency and treats of frigidity. It remains only to find out how to properly eat it and whether it is necessary to clean the avocado.
Gastronomic issue
So, we came very close to the question that interests us, whether it is necessary to clean the avocado, and if so, how. It turns out, it is necessary. This is done in several ways, depending on the shape of the fetus.
- If the fruit is pear-shaped, then by its elongated circle a cut is made with a sharp knife until the point reaches the bone. Then the halves are separated from each other and a bone is extracted with the same knife, or fork, or by hand. Before you will be two avocados "saucers". You can take a spoon and start eating flesh. And you can cut each "saucer" in half and peel, then the cleared fruit can be used in a salad or mashed.
- If the shape of the avocado is oval or spherical, then the procedure described above can be repeated, only in a cross-section. In this case
we get "cups". Otherwise, everything is the same.
To gourmets on a note
Now we know how to properly clean the avocado, and that it should be done. It remains a matter of small, to learn that from this wonderful fruit can be cooked. According to numerous cookbooks from avocados, they prepare salads, mashed potatoes, and even soups. Here is one recipe for avocado salad: average avocado fruit to peel and cut into cubes (so that the flesh does not darken, it needs to be sprinkled with the juice of one lemon). Then grind and attach to the avocado small head of red lettuce, 150 g of hard cheese, a bunch of leaves of green salad, 1 large tomato and mix everything thoroughly. You can season salad with a couple of spoons of vegetable oil, or you can not fill it.
And what kind of dish do you know from avocado?