Store
Unripe avocado
Do not store cocktail avocados in the fridge. This disrupts the ripening process. On the fruit bowl is a good place. You can store the avocado for 1-6 days, depending on how ripe it was already.

Want to speed up ripening? Then put the avocado in a sealed plastic bag together with a pear, banana or apple. These fruits give off ethylene gas (formerly known as ethylene), which speeds up the ripening process.

Ripe avocado
You can keep a ripe avocado in the fridge.

Decay
How can I tell if an avocado is no longer good? The avocado is mouldy, very soft or discoloured. You can recognise decay by looking, smelling or even tasting.

Storage times

Fruit bowl: 1-6 days

Cleaning cocktail avocados

Cocktail avocados are a little trickier to peel than regular avocados. We'll give you a few quick tips to make it easy for you.

Tips:

• You can cut a ripe cocktail avocado lengthwise and scoop out the flesh.
• You can squeeze the flesh out of the skin.
• Or you can even eat the avocado with skin and all.

Drizzle the flesh with a little lemon juice to prevent discolouration.