SOME USEFUL TIPS ON AVOCADO CONSERVATION

Sicilian Avocado by AranciaBellino, everything you need to know about the preservation and ripening of
this wonderful fruit.
Our Sicilian avocados are shipped very shortly after harvesting, which takes place in an avocadeto
located on the slopes of our Etna volcano.
Avocado is a very particular fruit, as it begins its ripening process only once it is harvested, and reaches
complete ripeness after about 10 days; for this reason, AranciaBellino Sicilian avocados will most likely
arrive on your tables still not very ripe and unripe.

But don't worry, with our advice you can enjoy them sooner than expected! In fact, there are some
"tricks" to speed up the ripening of the fruit:
1. Leave it out of the fridge at room temperature.
2. Insert it inside a paper bag with more fruit, the most recommended fruits are apple and banana. In
fact, avocado matures thanks to ethylene which it begins to produce immediately after harvesting;
apples, bananas, pears, kiwis, etc. behave in the same way, and this is why putting them together in a
bag increases the concentration of ethylene, greatly speeding up maturation!

How to understand when Sicilian avocado is ripe?
1. Exert light pressure on the fruit: initially the avocado is hard, when you start to feel it soft, the
avocado will start to be ready.
2. Appearance of black specks on the skin of the fruit: if you notice the presence of specks on the skin,
the avocado is most likely ready to be enjoyed: the rapid and excessive spread of the specks is a sign of
excessive ripening of the fruit. Do you want to speed up the ripening of the Sicilian avocado? Here are
some tips.
3. Some varieties change color when the fruit is ripe. Our Hass avocado will turn a purple color when the
time comes to consume it!
Do you want to slow down the ripening of Sicilian avocado and therefore preserve it for longer?
Simply place the avocado in the fridge, possibly inside a zipped food bag after letting the air escape, the
cold temperature will slow down the ripening process.

Have you cut Sicilian avocado but it's not ready to be consumed, or do you simply not want to consume
it all at once?
Follow these tips, valid for both unripe avocados and already ripe avocados: what changes will only be
the storage times (2-3 days for a ripe avocado, 3-4 days for an unripe avocado).
1. Arrange the avocado slices on a sheet of kitchen paper
2. Brush the avocado with lemon juice by AranciaBellino, the juice will prevent the pulp from oxidizing
and darkening
3. If you have cut the avocado into several parts, recompose them
4. Carefully wrap the Sicilian avocado with cling film (you can also use a vacuum bag)
5. Store the avocado in the fridge

Can Sicilian avocado be frozen?
Absolutely yes! an unripe avocado lasts up to 5-6 months in the freezer, a ripe avocado, up to 3-4
months, follow these tips:
1. Cut the avocado in half
2. Remove the stone
3. Gently remove the peel
4. Brush with lemon juice
5. Wrap everything in food film or vacuum bags
6. Freeze your Sicilian avocado.

We hope that this information could have been useful to best enjoy our Sicilian Avocados by
AranciaBellino!