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.

How else can you eat mango?

For dessert you need to choose ripe mango. You can tell if a product is ripe by squeezing it in your palm. Ripe fruit will be soft and fragrant. Ripeness also affects how easy it is to peel the mango.

Unripe (green mangoes) are an element of many exotic salads, and they are also served with seafood. You can also make sauces, side dishes, and smoothies with these mangoes.

It is best to enjoy mangoes raw, because this way you will get more vitamins and nutrients from it. Mangoes are best eaten chilled.

You can also squeeze juice out of mangoes and make a puree from it. Children will especially like the puree.

So, you already know enough about how to peel a mango and what this fruit is. This means that now you don’t have to be afraid to have this exotic beauty in your kitchen. Good luck with your culinary experiments!

1. Peeling mangoes is always quite difficult, and first of all you need to check whether the fruit is ripe. Color is not an indicator: the peel can be green, red, yellow-orange, and even purple. As with an avocado, you need to lightly squeeze it in your palm and check if it is elastic. Its smell can help - the riper the fruit, the more aromatic. Then you need to place the mango on a flat surface (it is better to use a plate to catch the juice that is released). Remember that there is a large pit in the middle, so take a sharp knife and, holding the fruit vertically, cut a piece on both sides of the pit. 2. Then, holding the piece with the flesh side up, use a small knife to draw a lattice pattern on top. But be careful not to cut through the skin. 3. Then you need to turn the piece inside out and cut the makoti cubes into a plate. Then add all the juices that leaked out when processing the mango. 4. Now you need to deal with the middle piece with the bone. First you need to cut off the skin with a small sharp knife, and then cut the flesh from the pit - just go around the pit until as much of the flesh as possible has been cut off. Option 2

5. Alternatively, the mango can be cut into pieces, but it should be just ripe and not too soft. You will need a potato peeler to cut off the skins. Then, holding the mango in one hand, use a small knife to cut out a piece of the flesh around the pit. And continue cutting pieces in a circle. 6. If the mango is too soft and fibrous to cut in any way, simply cut it into pieces and spoon the pulp into a food processor with a little lime juice. It makes an excellent sauce for desserts (with yogurt) or even for fish and chicken.

Mango is one of the most common fruits in Asia, sold in every market and store. In our country, this fruit continues to remain exotic.

Few people know that in the homeland of mango - in Thailand, India and Myanmar - they eat it even unripe, adding hot and sweet spices to the pulp.

The taste of ripe mango is reminiscent of a combination of the flavors of ripe pineapple and peach. Its pulp, literally melting in the mouth, quenches thirst, gives freshness and coolness, while simultaneously stimulating the appetite.

When choosing a suitable fruit, you need to pay attention, first of all, to the following points:

smoothness of the peel (it should be shiny and attractive);
density and heaviness - overly soft specimens have probably already begun to deteriorate;
sagging and wrinkled skin, which indicates overripeness of the fetus;
sweet and pleasant aroma - the presence of sour or alcoholic notes indicates that spoilage has begun;
peel color - hardly anyone will like the pulp of a green fruit flavored with hot Thai spices.

One ripe mango contains a lot of vitamins A and B, calcium, magnesium and iron and almost half of the daily requirement of vitamin C for humans.

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.

How to eat mango

Mango, how do you eat it? Before use, the fruit is peeled and pitted. The most correct way is to peel and eat without subjecting the fruit to storage or heat treatment.

Important! The juice of the fruit is very sticky and stains strongly; if you stain your clothes with it, it will be irrevocably damaged.

From the pulp of the fruit you can prepare a delicious puree without additives using a blender, which will go well with ice cream or soft sponge cake. Fruit puree can be added to smoothies or yogurt. The sweetness of the fruit is enough to avoid adding additional sweeteners to the dish.

Mango is well suited for preparing various dishes, such as salads, desserts or sauces. The exotic fruit is a good addition to seafood salads or for alcoholic cocktails.

Fruit pulp can be stored for the winter by making jam or preserves from it. It can also be dried and used as a tasty snack.

Mango is a versatile tropical fruit with amazing taste and many beneficial properties. Its correct use allows you to nourish the body with vitamins and normalize the functioning of all organ systems. It is important to remember that you should not eat more than 1 medium fruit per day, so as not to provoke a negative reaction from the body.

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.

Features of mango

There is a large bone in the middle of the fruit, so the knife for peeling should be sharp and preferably with a wide blade. Some gourmets can eat the fruit even with the skin, but this is not recommended. Firstly, it is difficult to chew. Secondly, fruits are often lubricated with paraffin for preservation, and its entry into the stomach is undesirable.

Local residents in India even eat unripe fruits, but one must take into account that their stomachs have been accustomed to such dishes since childhood. For other people, eating unripe fruits can cause gastrointestinal upset and even irritation of the respiratory tract.

Moreover, mango peel is completely useless and even harmful for the body. The skin contains an organic toxin, urushiol, which can cause allergic reactions. Therefore, mangoes must be peeled before eating.

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.

Peeling a mango using a glass

An original and simple way to cut a mango is to use a glass. But it needs to be tall, with thin and strong walls. Take a mango and cut it into three parts. From the sides - as close to the middle as possible without touching the bones. Then half of the fruit is placed in the palm. The glass is held firmly with your free hand. A third of the mango is brought to the container with pulp.

She scrapes it off with the edge of the glass. You need to press lightly on the fruit so that it slides down. This way, the skin will remain in your hand, and the peeled fruit will remain in the glass. The procedure is repeated for the other third of the fruit. Then use a sharp knife to remove the pulp from the middle remaining piece of mango in the palm of your hand.

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 to eat and peel mangoes correctly. How to choose a ripe mango?

There are about 300 varieties of mango in nature, each of which has its own specific color. On sale there are yellow, yellow-green, bright orange and even red fruits with small inclusions, so the color of the fruit peel is not an indicator of its taste and degree of ripeness. In addition, the color of the skin of the fruit is influenced by the climatic conditions under which the fruit is grown. The main thing you need to pay attention to when purchasing is that the color of the fruit should be bright and rich.
The skin of a ripe mango should be smooth, firm and glossy. Fruits with flabby, wrinkled skin are most likely old, overripe fruits, with the exception of the Atalfa mango variety, which is characterized by soft and flabby skin. It is better to refrain from purchasing fruit with visible dents, scratches, stains and other damage. Such fruit will quickly deteriorate. A ripe mango feels firm and slightly soft to the touch, and when pressed, its skin should remain elastic and not be damaged. Too hard peel is a sign of unripe fruit.
The average weight of a mango varies from 200 to 300 grams, although larger fruits can also be found, weighing up to 1.5 kg. The shape of the mango resembles an American football and does not affect its ripeness in any way. But, if the fruit looks flat, then the mango will not be juicy enough, since it contains little pulp.
When choosing a mango in the store, pay attention to its sweetish resinous aroma, which is most clearly felt in the area of the stalk. If the fruit does not exude aroma, you have an unripe mango, which will later turn out to be completely tasteless. The sour smell emanating from mangoes indicates that the fruits were improperly stored and the fermentation process has begun in the pulp.
The pulp of a ripe mango is bright orange or yellow in color, has a fibrous structure, and tastes like a ripe peach with a slight aroma of pine needles. The pulp of unripe fruits is slightly sour in taste and has a denser texture.
If you purchased an unripe mango, do not despair - leave the fruit for 2-3 days in a warm place and let it ripen.

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.

How to properly peel fruit

Some exotic lovers like to peel the fruit like potatoes, others like to cut it into small pieces without removing the peel. Moving on to analyzing how to peel mangoes, it should be noted that there are many effective methods that have advantages and disadvantages.

Peeling the fruit

You can eat the fruit with the peel, but if you still need to clean it at home, you need to know some nuances that will help you carry out this action easily and quickly. Therefore, follow these tips:

A ripe and elastic mango must be peeled using a regular knife, imagining that this is our native potato.
A firm mango, whether ripe or unripe, can be peeled with a potato peeler. It is best to use a triangular device.
If you are dealing with a soft fruit, try removing the peel with your fingers, first making small cross-shaped cuts at the top with a knife. When this manipulation is done, simply pull the edges. It is also possible to make three or four cuts along the mango, and then the skin will be removed with petals.

Knowing how to peel a mango is only half the battle, since you still need to remove the pit.

Removing the pit

There are four methods by which you can remove the pit from the fruit. Before doing this, you need to understand that closer to the seed the pulp becomes fibrous, so here you cannot do without a well-sharpened knife.

It is recommended to carry out all manipulations in some container, which will not only prevent you from getting dirty, but will also help you collect the juice, which you can then drink.

The first method involves using a glass. Here it is important to take the fruit with the peel, as there is a high probability of crushing the delicate pulp. For successful extraction, follow these steps:

Using a sharp knife, cut the mango along the seed, while staying as close to it as possible. As a result, you will get two halves, one of which will have a bone.
In the same way, we cut the pit from half the fruit.
Using a glass or goblet involves bringing it to half of the fruit and using it as a spatula. Having done this, the bone should fall into the glass.

When using a spoon for this task, you must first make an incision along the rib of the fruit, and then insert it into the cut and make careful movements to separate the stone. Here you need to apply effort, try not to overdo it. Manipulations need to be done on both sides. It should be noted that this method is applicable for soft and ripe fruits, but it is not suitable for unripe ones.

Another method is “this is a turn.” It was named so based on the extraction process itself. So, the fruit needs to be cut along the edge and the halves rotated relative to each other. This action is similar to twisting. As for the bone that will remain on one of the halves, it is separated using a glass or spoon. This method is applicable only for ripe mangoes.

The last method is the gimlet rule, which is a bit similar to the previous one. It will require:

Cut the fruit crosswise.
The upper half is twisted, and a bone is taken out of the other half; a knife or spoon is suitable for this.

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.

How to cut a mango at home?

How to cut mangoes at home? To do this, you can use one of the above methods. But initially the fruit must be thoroughly washed under hot water. It is best to take a cutting knife with serrated teeth, since after peeling the fruit will become thick and cutting will be inconvenient.

One of the easiest ways to remove the pit is to carefully make a circular cut down the middle of the fruit. Then break the halves. To release the pulp from the pit, you need to take it and roll it a little. Either just cut it out with a knife or take it out with a spoon.

Mango - composition, calorie content and nutritional value

The composition of this fruit is quite rich and varied.

It contains not only vitamins (A, C, D and B varieties), but also many minerals. Among them are calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, and manganese. Mango contains fiber, beta-carotene, and pectin. It contains both sucrose and organic acids, which make the fruit especially valuable.

Its calorie content is very small - 67 calories per 100 grams, less than one gram of proteins, fats and 11 grams of carbohydrates.

How to cut a mango?

During cutting, the fruit releases a lot of juice, so it is important to know how to cut a mango correctly and, if possible, retain more of the pulp. The core around the seed is quite dense, it needs to be removed and this has to be done “by eye”.

Rinse the fruit well, place it on a hard surface, measure about a centimeter to the side from the middle and cut off this part. Don't be alarmed if the knife hits a bone; in this case, just move it a little more to the side.
Do the same on the other side. As a result, you should be left with a small round part with a bone inside and two halves with pulp.
Take one piece of fruit without bone, insert a knife and draw parallel stripes along the insides, but so as not to touch the peel. It must remain untouched.
After this, cut the pulp inside with horizontal movements so that squares are formed.
Turn the fruit over, skin side up, and carefully squeeze the sliced contents onto a plate.

How to properly peel a mango?

Mango #8212; a delicious fruit with juicy yellow pulp, which is often used in various dishes for making sauces, salads, and marinades. It is very good for health. But as soon as you bring the fragrant sunny fruit from the store, the question immediately arises: how to peel a mango? Study our instructions and you can easily cut the fruit in different ways: cubes, slices, diamond shapes.

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. There should be no dents, depressions or defects on the skin of a ripe fruit. It should be shiny and smooth. The color of the peel can be either red or yellow-green. Press on the fruit - it should not be too soft, but elastic.

The fruit weighs, as a rule, 200-300 grams. It is better not to take too 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?

The aromatic fruit is very healthy, as the pulp contains many substances valuable for health. What about the peel?

You should know that the peel is also useful, so it is used in the treatment of colds. However, it has a specific taste and is difficult to chew. Not everyone likes it, so it is not accepted to eat it. The fruit is very juicy, which is why peeling a ripe mango is not easy. Gloves can be used for these purposes.