Avocado start ripening once they are
harvested so not before the harvesting.
In fact they can remain on the tree
for a very long period, more then a year.
In that period, the tree starts
flowering again,and produces new avocado's
while the avocado's from the last year
are still on the tree.
Ripe avocado's have a skin that is black,
with soft light green tissue.
Avocado as a pot plant
Avocado is often grown as a pot plant, starting from a pit
- use unrefrigerated avocado's
- clean the pit
- the pit should be with on third into water.
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- don't forget to repot youre avocado.
- avocado is a fast growing potplant.
- don't forget to repot youre avocado.
avocado oil
Avocado oil is lightgreen oil, that is used
in the kichen in much the same way as olive oil.
This oil has a high boiling point (270 degrees celsius)
and is also a bit more expensiv then olive oil.
The color and taste resembles that of the
avocado themselves
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The oil is produced with the same press as olive
oil is processed, wenn not in use for the olives.
Avocado oil is mainly produced from windfall fruit
or from avocado's that are not suitable to sell.
avocado olie in cosmetics
Avocado is used in many skin products and
cosmetics as the oil penetrastes easely the skin.
But this oil is not produced by pressing the
avocado's but by removing the water by drying,
65% of the avocado consists of water.
avocado salade
Remove skin and seed of youre avocado,
Chop the avocado and sprankle it wih lemon juice,
together with black pepper. finished.
Hass Avocado
This is by far the most important avocado
cultivar worldwide, this avocado combines long
shell-life with less vulnerability as the skin
is much thicker. The color is darkgreen, and wenn
ripe purplish black, ovaly shaped.
Avocado seed planting
It is very easy to sprout youre avocado seed,
after eating an avocado. use unrefrigerated
avocado's. There are several ways
to do this, poking a toothpick at one third
of its height is often seen. Let the seed perch,
slightly immersed into the water.
Wait a month or more before germinating starts.
Dont forget to chanche the water,
otherwise the roots start to rot.
Set the seed with its base down.
Avocado as a pot plant
Put youre young avocado plant near a window.
Pruning back a stem or pinching out the growing tip
stimulates branching. There will never grow fruit
on youre avocado. Also , there will never appear
flowers on youre indoor acocado. Don't forget
to repot youre avocado.
avocado en guacamole
Guacamole is een mengsel van avocado en citroensap,
waarvan de citroensap de bruinverkleuring van de
groene avocado verhinderd.
Typisch erbij zijn fijngesneden uien en tabasco saus en knoflook.
Ook kan: koriander en pepers.
Guacamole wordt bij veel mexicaanse gerechjten gegeten,
bijvoorbeeld als dipsaus voor chips of frites.
guacamole met sourcream
2 2 avocados
1 limoen of een halve uitgeknepen citroen
1 vleestomaat , in kleine blokjes
1 spaanse peper, zeer fijn gesneden
1 potje sour cream , voor koude gerechten
5 teentjes knoflook, gehakt (of meer naar smaak)
Bereiding gebruik alleen het vruchtvlees van de avocado,
meng deze met de eveneens fijngesneden limoen of citroen, voeg pepertje erbij, knoflook
en de sourcream. Eventueel kan erbij : fijngehakt: korianderblad, ui, bosui.
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