How to cut a mango with a pit correctly, beautifully, in half, cubes, squares, slices. Step-by-step instructions with photos

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There are several proven methods for cutting mangoes together with the pit. They will help you quite easily and quickly free the pulp from unnecessary peel and a fairly large seed. The tender and edible part of the fruit can then be shaped into a beautiful shape using a variety of cutting methods and served.

What is mango and how is it eaten?

Mango is a tropical stone fruit with an oval or round shape and is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 40 m in height. However, there are also dwarf varieties of the tropical tree. The fruit is native to the humid forest tropics of India and Pakistan. During the flowering period, the tree is covered with small yellow flowers. The fruits are egg-shaped and yellow, red or green in color. The weight of one mango can reach about 500 g.

The skin of the fruit is quite dense, but smooth. The pulp is quite juicy, soft and moderately sweet. Inside the pulp there is a bone that is slightly flattened. Closer to it, the pulp becomes fibrous. The taste of mango will depend directly on the fruit itself.

At the same time, there are several versions of what the taste of the fruit is like, namely:

lemon with a slight carrot flavor;
lemon taste, which contains pine notes;
peach flavor with juniper aftertaste;
a cross between strawberry and pineapple;
average between peach and pineapple.

The tropical fruit can be consumed both raw and as part of prepared treats. However, here you need to know which dishes mango goes best with.

Raw	After heat treatment
Include in cocktails or smoothies. To do this, you will need to grind the pulp in a blender, adding yogurt, milk and ice. The fruit can also be added to rum or liqueur.	Add to dessert. The fruit can be added to various baked goods, mousse or yogurt cakes. Mango is also suitable for creating jelly or sweet pilaf.
Use as a side dish. To do this, you need to cut the pulp into cubes and sprinkle with aromatic spices.	Include sauce ingredients. The poached pulp can be added to the sauce and served with fish delicacies or shrimp.
Add to salad. The fruit goes well with chicken, as well as pineapple or avocado.	Use for preparing meat delicacies. Tender fruit pulp can be baked together with duck or chicken meat.
Use to create sorbet. For these purposes, you will need to cut the fruit pulp into pieces and freeze. After this, the dish can be served on the table along with mint or fruit sauce.

In any form, the fruit pulp has a delicate, slightly sweet and sour taste and a pleasant aroma.

This is useful to know

When you choose a fruit, you need to smell it. When a mango is ripe, it has a characteristic smell, especially at the tail. The fruit is unripe if it has no smell at all.

The peel of a ripe fruit should not have dents, depressions, or defects. It must be shiny and smooth.

The color of the peel can be either reddish or yellow-green. Press on the fruit - it should not be very soft, but elastic.

The fruit weighs, as a rule, 200-300 grams. It is better not to take very large ones, as they may be unripe. Ripe cut mango can be stored in the refrigerator for about 2 days. Whole fruit is best stored at room temperature. It can be consumed in its natural form or used to prepare salads, desserts, juice, sauces for meat and fish.

Do you need to peel mangoes?

Mangoes must be peeled, as they are quite dense, thick and tasteless. In addition, the skin does not bring any benefit to the body. It is worth noting that the tropical skin of the fruit contains an oily organic toxin that can cause skin allergies.

Before cleaning, you will first need to protect your hands by wearing latex gloves. Otherwise, after contact with mango skin, a small allergic rash may appear on the skin of your hands.

Storing ripe mango

At a temperature of +15°C -+25°C, ripe fruits retain their freshness and beneficial qualities for 2 – 3 days.
In warm weather, fruits will quickly begin to rot. Therefore, if it is not possible to place them in the cold, it is advisable to immediately process such fruits or eat them.
In a dark, cool place where the air does not warm up above +5°C, wrapped in paper napkins, mangoes can be stored for several weeks.
It is better to keep these fruits in the middle part of the refrigerator without a plastic bag. When stored in a closed bag, condensation forms on its walls, which will certainly lead to rotting of the fruit and the formation of mold.

Why is it so difficult to peel and cut mangoes?

Cutting a mango with a pit is quite difficult, since the fruit is covered with a rather compacted and thick skin. At the same time, the fruit has a very large stone, which is difficult to separate from the tender, juicy and fibrous pulp.

Moreover, if you peel or cut a tropical fruit incorrectly, it will release a lot of juice and turn into a pasty mass, which will only leave stains on clothes.

Mango - a southern fruit

How to properly store mangoes at home
It’s enough to know about mangoes that:

It can be eaten at any stage of ripening.
The ripe fruit is extremely juicy. It really does have a lot of juice.
It is impossible to understand the degree of maturity by appearance.
To test, you need to squeeze it in your hands and evaluate its elasticity.

If you want to fully enjoy the taste of the fruit, you should choose only ripe specimens.

In general, mango appeared on our tables from distant India. A fruit cannot compete with a cow in terms of sacredness, but it is also valued quite highly and takes its place in a couple of religious stories.

To grow mangoes you need a hot climate; in Europe only Spain

In Asia, the fruit feels like “freedom” and grows in countries such as

Pakistan.
Thailand.
India.

This is just a small list of states that have large mango orchards.

How to peel a mango?

It is possible to peel a tropical fruit in various ways, which differ from each other only in when it is necessary to remove the skin: at the beginning or at the end of the procedure. Before cleaning, remove the stem and leaf. Then the fruit will need to be thoroughly rinsed under a stream of water to get rid of dirt and dust particles settled on the surface of the fruit. For these purposes, it is permissible to use a brush designed for cleaning vegetables. After the mango, you will need to wipe it with a paper napkin.

Glass method

A popular method is to separate the mango from the stone using a glass.

To do this you will need to do the following:

The fruit must be washed under a stream of water and divided into 2 parts, cutting very close to the middle.
The half in which the stone is located must be brought to a glass glass, prying the stone with its edge and pressing slightly on the raw material.
When the container enters the edible part of the fruit, the bone should end up in the glass.
After this, it is permissible to separate the pulp from the skin. Only in this case, the edge of the glass must be placed directly between the edible part and the skin.
After a little pressure, the edible pulp will fall into the container, and the skin will remain in your hands.

Then it is permissible to cut the soft part of the raw material into pieces.

Paring knife

If the fruit is quite compacted and sufficiently ripe, then to peel it it is permissible to use a standard knife that you have in the kitchen.

In this case, you must perform the following manipulations:

First, you will need to separate the fruit halves and then remove the pit.
Next, the resulting petals need to be laid with the edible part up, and then cuts must be made on them using a sharp knife.
The cuts should resemble a grid, but the knife should not reach the peel.
Then each half of the mango must be turned outward, pressing with your fingers on the rough surface of the peel.
Then you will need to carefully cut off the pulp with a knife.

How to cut a mango? An easy way with a kitchen knife.

This process is best carried out over a container, since a large amount of juice is released when processing the fruit.

Spoon

You can peel the tropical fruit using a regular tablespoon. However, after such manipulations the product will not have a very presentable appearance.

To implement this method, you will need to adhere to the following steps:

The fruit must be rinsed well and dried using paper napkins.
Then you need to make an incision around the entire circumference of the fruit.
After this, you will need to insert a spoon on either side of the cut and insert it under the peel, thus separating it from the pulp.

In addition, using a spoon you can easily remove the pit from the fruit.

Incision

To peel a tropical fruit, it is enough to make several cuts on the surface of the skin. Moreover, this method requires minimal use of a knife.

Following this method, you must complete the following steps:

You will need to make an incision in the shape of the letter “x” on the top of the fruit.
Then you need to pull the resulting petals, thereby removing the skin from the fruit.
However, this method, as a rule, is only suitable for overripe fruit.

There is also another option for cleaning raw materials from skins. It requires a knife, which will need to make a circular cut without touching the bone. In addition, you will need to use a spoon to remove the skin, scooping out the pulp from it.

Using a mango cutter

Fans of this fruit can use a ready-made device that will help remove the seed and also remove the skin from the product. It is called a mango cutter. It is easy to use and will help you easily remove the seed from the edible part and cut the fruit.

For these purposes, you will need to perform the following steps:

The washed fruit will need to be transferred to a stand and then to a plate.
The fruit stalk should be on top.
After this, you will need to separate the product with a mango cutter and remove the pit.

Finally, you should clean the raw materials from the skin.

How to eat exotic fruit correctly

The fruit contains a sufficient amount of vitamins and part of the periodic table (microelements include magnesium, copper, calcium, iron, potassium).

It is useful both for the immune system and for the body in general. However, it is worth knowing how to eat mango correctly so that it brings more benefit to you than harm.

It should be noted that this fruit, like any other fruit, does not require preliminary temperature treatment. You can either eat mango raw or use it as an ingredient in all sorts of recipes. The following fresh dishes will look great with it:

Sorbet. An excellent alternative to ice cream during hot weather. Mint sauce will add some zest. Salads. The list of ingredients can include not only vegetables and herbs, but also meat or poultry. Garnish for dishes. All you have to do is wash the mango, peel it, cut it and add some spices. Fruit juice can easily pass as a dressing. Cocktails and smoothies. You can diversify the composition with milk, cream or natural yogurt.

When prepared, meat is baked with mango and complemented with seafood. The product is added to various sauces or added to desserts.

How to remove a bone?

Mangoes can be pitted using several methods that allow you to cut the fruit completely or leave it almost intact.

By following the following methods, you can easily and quickly remove a seed from a tropical fruit:

The first method requires placing the fruit on a cutting board with the tail facing up. Then, using a knife on each side, you need to make cuts from top to bottom along lines that are barely noticeable on the surface of the fruit. After this, you will need to remove the pit from one of the halves using a spoon.
The second method makes it possible to preserve the fruit almost intact. To do this, the product must be cut lengthwise with a sharp knife, making holes as thin as possible. Then you will need to press a knife into the slot and, turning it a little, push the two halves apart and pull out the bone with a spoon. This method is only suitable for sufficiently ripe mango fruit.
The third option is the easiest. Make a cut on the surface of the fruit with a sharp knife. The line should run along the flat part of the bone.

Then you will need to remove the core with a cutlery and use the edible part for its intended purpose.

How else can you cut this fruit?

How to properly cut and peel a mango with a pit: 5 simple methods, as well as cleaning secrets at home
If you want to cut the fruit not into squares, but into slices or other shapes, then you can use cut mangoes without the peel. In this case, you can cut the fruit, separating the skin from the pulp, in another way. To get rid of the peel, you will need a regular ceramic mug or glass.

Repeat the manipulations with the fruit, cutting it into two parts along the stone, leaving a flat central part. Place half of the fruit with the narrow part towards the edge of the mug so that the skin touches the outer edge of the container. Gently press the mango onto the rim of the mug. The pulp will begin to smoothly cut into the container, and the peel will slide along the outside of the container.. This method of how to cut a mango at home is quite simple and leaves more opportunities for manipulating the fruit

This method of cutting mangoes at home is quite simple and leaves more opportunities for manipulating the fruit.

How to beautifully and easily cut mangoes, serving options

There are several options for cutting a mango with a pit so that the tropical fruit is not only appetizing, but also quite beautiful. Due to this, the fruit can be shaped like a hedgehog or corn, and the product can also be cut into thin slices, plates or diamonds.

"Hedgehog"

Hedgehog cutting is one of the most popular cutting methods for tropical fruit. Thanks to this option, the fruit will look beautiful on the holiday table.

To easily and quickly give the mango pulp a beautiful shape, you will need to follow these steps:

The base of the fruit needs to be cut off for better stability. Then, placing it on the dish and holding it with your hand on the sides, you need to remove both “cheeks” as close to the bone as possible. Their size varies from 2 to 3 cm.
Then, several parallel cuts need to be made in the edible part with an interval of 1 cm. Afterwards, the same cuts should be made perpendicular to the previous ones, drawing squares. It is very important during the processing process to make the cuts deep enough and not damage the peel.
Finally, use your fingers to press on the half of the fruit from the skin side, turning it inside out. She will begin to resemble a hedgehog.

The finished cuts can be included in salads, and also placed on a plate with other fruits.

Slices, plates

It is permissible to cut mangoes with pits in the form of plates or slices. For these purposes, you will only need to use a sharp knife.

To cut fruit into slices, you must do the following:

It is necessary to make longitudinal cuts in the pulp of the two halves, the thickness of which can be any. In this case, the cuts should not touch the skin of the fruit.
Then you should press on the fruit from the peel side and turn it inside out.
The resulting slices must be cut with a sharp knife and used for their intended purpose.

To give a tropical fruit the shape of plates, you need to do the following:

After peeling the product, you will need to place it on a cutting board, holding the fruit firmly with your hand.
Then, using a sharp knife, thin plates should be cut off from the edible part. Their size can be completely different.

"Corn"

The corn holder can be attracted when cutting fruit. The difficulty in slicing is due to the fact that the edible part of the mango is quite slippery, and this device will help make the fruit much more stable and protect your hands.

For these purposes, you will need to perform the following steps:

The mango will need to be peeled.
Then you should cut off the lower and upper parts of the fruit so that flat edges are formed. By cutting off the ends, you can see the edges of the pit.
Next, you need to stick the device inside the fruit. The holder will easily enter the fruit.

After pressing your fingers into it, it is permissible not only to protect your hand, but also to collect the maximum amount of pulp from the product.

Diamonds

It is permissible to cut mangoes with pits into diamond shapes. This cut is suitable for table setting for a holiday.

By following the step-by-step instructions, you can easily give the mango the desired shape:

The fruit must be placed on a cutting board so that the tail of the fruit looks up and the seed lies on its edge.
Then you will need to cut off part of the fruit from each side.
In each of the halves you will need to make cuts resembling diamonds, without touching the skin.
At the end, you need to press on the skin and turn out the edible part.

Use a sharp knife to cut off the diamonds and serve the slices to the table.

Cutting a mango into pieces

If you need to make juice, puree, etc. from mango, there is no need to stand on ceremony, you can just cut it as convenient.
Here, of course, aesthetics will suffer, so if you want to get beautiful pieces of fruit, you need to know how to cut a mango correctly. After buying a fruit, many people think about how to cut a mango. There is nothing difficult about this; after all, once upon a time they cut a watermelon. This principle can be used for such exotic things, for this:

Two deep cuts are made at an angle from each other to obtain a slice.
The slice is carefully trimmed and separated from the stone.
The same manipulations are done with the remaining slices of fruit.

When the pulp is peeled and pitted, in addition to slices, you can cut it into cubes, strips, diamonds, or whatever your imagination allows. The cutting method will not affect the taste of the fruit in any way, but it is still better to consider what it is used for. So, adding it to a fruit salad means cutting it into cubes or just small pieces so that it’s easy to stick on a fork. To simply eat with your hands, it will be enough to cut the fruit into slices or, without making cuts, eat with a spoon. To grind with a blender, just divide the fruit into a couple of parts. But if mango is being prepared for a festive table, it is better to follow all the rules in order to surprise your guests.

Cutting mangoes into cubes and diamonds is popular. It is suitable for any fruit, regardless of its degree of ripeness, but, of course, it is better to use ripe fruit for the table.

To do this, place the mango in a vertical position, always on a flat surface, and with a sharp knife, cut the slice along the seed, about 1/3 of the thickness. The same actions must be done on the other side of the fruit. As a result of this, you will get three slices, one of which will have a bone. The skin is removed from this part, and the flesh around the bone is cut off. Next, take the remaining two slices and place them with the flesh facing up, after which cuts are made in the form of a lattice with a knife, for this purpose they are drawn lengthwise and crosswise. In this case, you need to try not to damage the skin.

But that's not all. Then you need to gently press on the skin, still holding it down, as if turning the slice inside out. This way, the cut cubes will be on the outside, which makes them easier to cut with a knife.

By serving the fruit in this form, you will undoubtedly surprise all your guests and household members.

What to do with the bone?

Mango seeds have a wide range of uses.

They can be used for various purposes, for example:

Plant in a pot. The seeds of the tropical fruit take root completely and grow well at home. At the same time, they are not picky about care.
Use to create a skin scrub. To do this, you will need to initially rinse well and then dry the seeds so that they are clean. Next, the product should be ground into flour and supplemented with cinnamon, bee honey and a few drops of essential orange oil. The result is a thick, mushy mass that helps eliminate stretch marks and cellulite. This scrub helps make the skin smoother and more elastic.
Use for making nourishing masks. This product will help improve your complexion and keep your skin toned. To create a mask, you will need to split the seed and remove the core. After this it needs to be crushed. The resulting composition is mixed with olive oil and then applied to the face and neck.
Use to make a drying tonic. This homemade cosmetic product is suitable for caring for problematic facial skin. To create it, you only need the core of the seed, which must be dried in the oven for 70 minutes. Then the kernel must be cooled and ground into powder. After this, the mass is supplemented with alcohol and infused in the refrigerator compartment for 5 days. During this period of time, the composition must be stirred periodically. Then the liquid will need to be filtered and diluted with clean water in a 1:1 ratio, respectively. This product should be applied specifically to problem areas of the skin.
Use to make oil. To create it, you only need the seeds contained inside the seed. The oil, prepared from the seeds of a tropical fruit, well nourishes and moisturizes rough and dry areas on the skin of the face or body.

Mango has very juicy, tender and tasty pulp that can be added to almost any dish. However, to try it, you will first need to cut the fruit and remove the pit. The cleaning process is quite labor-intensive, but there are several easy ways that will help you easily and quickly remove the peel and pit from the fruit without damaging the pulp.

Mango storage

Ripe mangoes are stored exclusively in the refrigerator, in a special compartment for vegetables and fruits, for a maximum of 5 days. Unripe - up to 10–12 days. You should not put fruit in a plastic bag - the resulting condensation provokes the development of mold. But even if this does not happen, the taste of the mango will deteriorate greatly.

Mangoes in the refrigerator are stored in special compartments for vegetables and fruits

The only option for long-term storage is freezing. The pulp is cut into cubes, slices or strips, divided into small portions, placed in special sealed bags for freezing and sent to the freezer. Shelf life - up to six months. You cannot defrost a mango and freeze it again - the fruit will turn into a sticky, unappetizing, tasteless porridge.

Peeled mango pulp is best eaten immediately. It secretes juice very abundantly. Its maximum shelf life in the refrigerator is 2–3 hours.

Unripe mangoes can easily ripen at home:

Place the fruit in a paper bag along with an apple or banana, cover it loosely and keep it at room temperature for 4-5 days.
In a deep bowl or saucepan, completely cover the fruit with grains of rice or corn. The method gives results very quickly, sometimes within 6–8 hours.

Apples and bananas emit ethylene, which speeds up the ripening process of mangoes.

Reviews and recommendations

I haven’t met a mango that peels properly. Therefore, the tactics are simple: two half-halves are cut off from the flat side of the bone. The rest will be eaten in the kitchen.

Holy Gospel

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Use a paring knife to cut off the peel, but not all of it. If you cut it off entirely, there will be nothing left to hold onto; the mango will slip out of your hands. It is necessary to peel, if possible, from top to bottom, then cut off the pulp into long slices. Don't try to peel the pit.

s398ss77

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If the mango is soft, cut it in half with the peel, carefully remove the seed, use a small knife to draw a small mesh in each half (without piercing it) and turn it inside out. You will be surprised how beautiful and convenient it is to eat!

Lina

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A very simple and unusual-looking option is a hedgehog. Cut the mango in half on both sides (cut off the pit): you will get two halves of the fruit. Make 3-4 cuts lengthwise and the same amount across and turn inward - you will get a mango hedgehog that is very easy to eat. There is no need to cut off the peel along with the pulp.

Masha O

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There is nothing difficult in carefully peeling and beautifully cutting mangoes if you familiarize yourself with the process technology in advance. The main problem is the extraction of the stone and the increased juiciness of the pulp.

Summer is the time to recharge with vitamins! They are full of them, in particular mangoes. But many inexperienced fruit lovers do not know how best to cut it. But a flat bone confuses many people. Let's look at the simplest and most effective ways to get rid of the peel and seeds, and at the same time cut the mango beautifully and quickly.