Mangoes are delicious and versatile fruits that add sweetness and flavor to any dish. With these tips, cutting them can be fun and easy.
The pit is flat and located in the center of the fruit. As you can’t cut into it, you have to slice around it. While many people peel this fruit, finding the skin tough and bitter, mango skin is edible. Though it doesn’t taste as sweet as the flesh, it provides fiber and other nutrients.
Luckily for you, Im here to show you a couple of ways to cut a mango simply and easily so you can enjoy this fruit whenever its in season!
There are, obviously, different ways to peel and cut a mango. However, after trying various ways of cutting mangoes through the years, I’m here to show you the methods that work the best for me, every time.
First of all, there are different varieties of mangoes, and while their flavors might all vary, their anatomy, so to speak, are essentially the same.
Imagine that the pit is about ½” thick in the middle of the mango. Slice down one of the flat sides of the mango, next to where that pit is. You may feel it with your blade as you slice through.
The next time mangoes are a plenty in your neck of the woods, whether cut into cubes or scooping straight from the shell, now you know how you can get straight into enjoying them!
How To Tell If A Mango Is Ripe
Before you even think about cutting into a mango, you have to make sure that it’s ripe first. Although there are delicious ways to eat green mangoes, if you’re looking for that ripe mango taste, you’ll be deeply disappointed if you cut into your mango before it’s ready.
Yellow mangoes usually start out as a light green color. When they’re this color they’re usually quite sour, almost bitter. The mango will eventually start to turn yellow and red. At this point, the fruit will taste more tart than sour. Eventually, the entire mango will turn yellow. This is a sign that the mango is at a point where its fruit will taste sweet. The mango will eventually turn a darker yellow and the fruit will be as sweet as it will ever be before it starts to go bad.
It’s important to remember that there are different types of mangoes, and not all will turn yellow when ripe. The color might not be the clearest sign for ripeness.
A better way to determine the ripeness of a mango is by touch. A rock-hard mango is not yet ripe. It will probably taste either sour or tart, but a soft mango will taste much sweeter.
Better yet, try to squeeze the mango and see if you smell a sweet scent coming from either stem-end. When you can smell a mango’s sweetness it means that it is definitely ready to be eaten.
Once your mango is ripe, you can cut it.
How To Cut A Mango
FAQ
Is it better to eat mango skin or without?
Why do we soak mangoes in water before eating?
Can I peel a mango with a potato peeler?
Are mangoes hard to Peel?
Although it’s worth the effort when you take that first juicy bite, mangoes can be tricky to peel. The fruit is classified as a drupe, like olives and stone fruit, and contains a long, flat pit in the center that needs to be cut around.
Is it OK to eat the mango skin? Mangoes are picked directly off the tree.?
There is no problem of eating mango skin. However, you must wash it very well and sometimes mango skin is not so much taste, due to its content of tannins and also being astringent. In addition we should be careful about eating fruits direct from the tree without washing them before, since we can eat some microorganisms such as bacteria, fungus and virus for example.
Can you eat a mango peel?
For that matter, mango skin isn’t very appetizing, tending to be bitter and tough to chew. Nevertheless, some people do simply eat the peel outright. Doing so does give you the ability to eat a mango much like an apple, which is convenient at least.
How to peel a mango?
Follow these steps for peeling a mango in a few easy ways. Position the mango vertically on a cutting board. Hold the stem with one hand. It should be on top. Use a very sharp knife to make a shallow cut under the skin of the mango from its top. Hold the knife steadily with your free hand.