Tips So That The Avocado Does Not Turn Brown

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Avocado is one of the favorite foods of Latinos. Furthermore, it is the main ingredient of the famous guacamole. But how can we get it to keep its striking green color and prevent it from turning brown?

The Extracrispy kitchen portal explains that this change in color is due to oxidation. What does that mean? Oxidation is the chemical reaction that occurs when an avocado is exposed to air. That is, when the peel or skin of the avocado is cut and the fruit is left uncovered. That's where the avocado turns brown. The tone, being dark, is not pleasing to the eye and neither in taste. What's more, the Hass Avocado Board says it's not good to consume those parts that are brown or rusty.

So what should you do to keep the avocado from turning dark? The portal quotes Harold McGee author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, who explains that if you add lemon or lime to avocados, as they are acidic, that means that the enzymes that cause the brown color cannot work properly and stay the natural color.

If you open an avocado and want to save a piece or leftover guacamole or mashed avocado, McGee explains that you need to use plastic wrap to wrap it. Be careful, you have to do it very well, sticking the plastic paper to the surface of the avocado, either in pieces or mashed to prevent air from entering. If air enters, the dark color will appear. Plastic wrap paper works as a kind of protective wall, says McGee. If after saving it, you see any dark part, remove it and eat the rest that is green and fresh.