One of the most versatile fruits, avocados are loved by many households all over the UK.
And while they're a welcome addition to plenty of meals, it can be difficult to know when they're good to cut into and eat. An easy way to tell is just by giving it a quick feel, and if it's hard to the touch, chances are it's not quite time to eat it yet.
But leave it too long, and the creamy inside can turn mouldy and mushy very fast.
However, the Express reports that a YouTuber recently shared a quick at-home hack to ripen up avocados - and it only takes 10 minutes to do.
For "when you just don't want to wait", DaveHax instructed avocado lovers to start off with a piece of tin foil.
Next, wrap up your chosen avocado in the middle of the tin foil, tightly covering all of it. Then it's time to place the wrapped-up avocado in an oven dish and place it into a preheated oven.
This should be around 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93.3 degrees Celsius).
Dave stated: "Warming up the avocado gently releases gas which surrounds it and helps speed up the ripening process.”
After around 10 minutes, carefully remove the hot tray from the oven with an oven glove and put the avocado on a wire cooling rack. The avocado should still be covered in tin foil.
Then, once the avocado has completely cooled down, remove the foil.
Carefully slice the avocado in half, remove the stone and enjoy. According to the expert, this should now be "perfect for eating".
He also warned that although 10 minutes is usually a good time for an avocado to ripen in the oven, it may need slightly longer depending on how hard it is to begin with.
This trick should work for avocados that are slightly under-ripe, but not ones that are completely rock-hard to the touch.
Taste of Home recommended that for the inedible avocados out there, people should grab an avo, an apple and a paper bag. Then, place both fruits into the bag together and pierce a couple of small holes in it using a toothpick or pin.
Apples can make other fruits ripen faster in that they produce ethylene - known as the fruit ripening hormone - which speeds up the ripening of the fruit it surrounds.
The result should hopefully be a perfectly ripe and creamy avocado if left in the bag for a day, but it can take anything up to 72 hours.
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