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• What you need

Did you just receive the butter you ordered? Are you wishing for an instant mashed butter dish? Unripe avocados can be cooked quickly in a few simple steps.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Ripening Uncut Avocado

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   Place the unripe avocado in a brown paper bag. This bag is used to keep ethylene gas from ripening the avocado. Make sure the paper bag you use is not punctured!
   • Paper bags are for keeping only. If you have another similar way to stay airtight then great! You can do it your own way. Your grandmother probably told you to keep butter in the batter, but you may still have to find an empty McDonald's bag.

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   Add a banana, apple or tomato to the paper bag. Bananas are the best choice, but other fruits are also effective. If you don't have these, but you have one or two more avocados then put them together.
   • These fruits will emit more ethylene gas than others. And the more ethylene gas is released, the faster the butter will ripen.

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   Keep the bag tightly closed at room temperature. Avoid sun exposure; best temperature between 65º-75º F (18º-24º C).If you don't add any fruit to the bag, it will take 2-5 days for the avocado to ripen.

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   Regular check. The extra flowers that are added will speed up the ripening process markedly and the avocado will ripen within 1-3 days. When ripe, your avocado will easily peel; Squeeze and feel if the avocado is already tender as it can sometimes be difficult to guess by the skin color.
   • The unripe avocado looks smooth and green. When ripe, a few purple and black spots will appear (that's when you can eat it after about 2 days). When fully ripe to eat, the avocados are dark green / brown and usually dark purple.
     • Once cooked, the avocados can be kept refrigerated for a few days, but the longer they last, the less flavorful the avocados are.
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Method 2 of 3: Cook Cut Butter

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   Sprinkle lemon juice over the cut avocado. Since the avocado is exposed and easily spoiled by the impact, keep it from browning and tarnishing with an acidic substance like lemon juice. If you want to cook, don't spoil the avocado.

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   Wrapped with transparent wrap. Put the two halves of the avocado together and wrap them like a complete avocado. Place the butter in the cold bulb.
   • If you don't have plastic wrap, use a sealed container with a lid.

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   Keep track of the ripening process. The time it takes for the fruit to ripen depends on what stage your avocado is in the ripening process. Take out the avocado and press try, if the avocado is soft and looks to be eaten, try it. If not cooked enough, put it back in the refrigerator. advertisement

Method 3 of 3: Preserving and Using Butter

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   Keep uncut and undercooked avocados at room temperature. Keeping butter in the refrigerator is not recommended. Butter will not ripen on low heat. If you do nothing (except to put the butter on the counter), it will take up to about six days to cook.

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   For cut, sliced, or pickled avocados, use lemon juice. Once the avocado is mashed, sprinkle some lemon juice or orange juice (as long as the lemon, fresh oranges) over the butter. Acids slow down browning (also known as oxidation), and extend the shelf life of butter.
   • If you've already started to see brown spots, you don't need to throw the butter away. Shave off those parts and start eating the rest of the butter before they change color.

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   If it starts to get worse, puree and freeze the butter. If the butter is just cooked to serve but you are not going to eat it yet, puree it and put it in the freezer. Don't freeze the whole fruit, the avocado will lose its flavor. After that you can still use the butter to make dips and spreads, etc.
   • Obviously it is best not to freeze butter. This is only a solution when you cannot eat the avocado while it is fresh.

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   Keep track of the ripening process. Hopefully you have spent a few days keeping track of the avocados. If you monitor it, you will get a grasp of what stage the avocado is in the ripening process. Different stages will give different results.
   • If the butter is just starting to ripen, it will be less affected by heat. You can bake butter easily.
   • If the avocado takes a while but is well done, you should slice it to use in salads or mixes. The smooth slices of butter will make all the dishes look delicious!
   • If you have a few ripe avocados, convert them to cream. Think flan, cream, or cheesecake. That's the reason to try it out!
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Advice

• It is still possible to use only paper bags, although the avocados will not ripen as quickly as the fruit is added, but it will be faster when the avocados are not wrapped.
• Adding flour to the bag is also a good way to cook butter.

Warning

• Refrigerating butter is counterproductive - preventing the butter from cooking. This is good for prolonging avocado storage, but does not promote cooking.
• Do not use the microwave oven to cook butter. You can find information on the internet that it is possible (and yes it is. In theory, you can microwave everything), but the microwave will spoil the taste of the butter.

What you need

• Avocado
• Paper bags
• Banana, apple, or tomato (for finishing)