The hard avocado from the supermarket first has to ripen at home so that its flesh becomes soft and edible. But ripening an avocado is a delicate matter: it only lasts for a short time. So that an unused avocado does not spoil, it should be frozen in good time.

Avocados can certainly be frozen

Freezing, not just a stopgap

A ripe avocado quickly develops mushy patches and soon cannot be eaten. If you cannot use them at the optimum ripening point, freezing them is a good solution.

The reverse is also conceivable: You need a ripe avocado without planning and on the same day. However, the purchased specimen cannot be made ready to eat so quickly, even with the best tricks. So it's good to have a spare in the chest.

The frost-ready state

An avocado should first ripen before it is frozen. The still hard avocado is wrapped in newspaper and stored at room temperature. It's even faster if you put the fruit in a paper bag with an apple.

The maturing can take a few days. In between, unwrap the escape to do the pressure test. If the shell gives slightly, the inside is optimal. Now the avocado must be used quickly or frozen.

Freeze avocado halves

An avocado fruit could theoretically be frozen whole. Only later handling makes it necessary to cut open the fruit and remove the stone. This is easier to do with a fresh fruit than with a frozen one.

  1. Using a sharp knife, pierce the avocado deep enough to penetrate the pit.
  2. Now cut the fruit lengthwise all around.
  3. Grasp the avocado in your hands and twist the two halves apart.
  4. Remove the core with a spoon.
  5. Sprinkle the cut surfaces with a little lemon juice to prevent the flesh from turning brown.
  6. Wrap each avocado half in cling film and place in the freezer. For health reasons, aluminum foil should not be used in combination with citric acid.
  7. Once the halves are completely frozen, you can place them in a freezer bag, seal tightly and label accordingly.

tips

You can grow a plant from an avocado seed. There will be no fruit attached to it in this country, but it will always be a beautiful sight.

Freeze avocado puree

Mashing an avocado is usually the first step in its preparation. In this state, it is used in guacamole or as a healthy ingredient in a smoothie. If you know for sure that you will later need the avocado in pureed form, you can do this step before freezing.

  1. Halve the avocado and remove the stone.
  2. Scoop out the pulp with a spoon and place in a blender.
  3. Add a few squeezes of lemon juice to keep the green color.
  4. Puree the pulp until you get the consistency you want.
  5. Pour the avocado puree into suitable freezer containers, which you immediately label and place in the freezer. If you pre-freeze the puree in ice cube trays, you get small and easy-to-remove portions.

tips

As an alternative to mixing, you can also mash the avocado flesh with a fork.

shelf life and thawing

Frozen avocado halves can be kept in the freezer for about eight months. Before eating, they are thawed at room temperature for one hour.

Avocado puree has a shelf life of six months when frozen. It should be gently thawed in the refrigerator, which takes up to 12 hours depending on the portion size.

Conclusion for fast readers:

  • Maturity: Allow the avocado to ripen at room temperature, then freeze
  • Half fruit: Halve the avocado; remove core; Drizzle cut surfaces with lemon juice
  • Freezing: First pre-freeze in cling film, then place in a freezer container
  • Avocado puree: scoop out the flesh; Blend in a blender with a little lemon juice
  • Alternatively, mash the flesh with a fork
  • Freezing: Place in suitable containers, label; put it in the chest immediately
  • Tip: pre-freeze in ice cube trays; Makes small, easy-to-remove portions
  • Shelf life: avocado halves: 8 months; Avocado puree: 6 months
  • Defrost half of the avocado: 1 hour at room temperature
  • Defrost avocado puree: Gently in the fridge; depending on the portion size in about 12 hours

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