Its crunchy flesh, slightly sweet taste, beautiful red color…
Nothing like eating a good refreshing watermelon!
The only concern is that cutting a big round watermelon is not easy...
Fortunately, there is a trick to nicely cut a watermelon in 1 minute flat into beautiful cubes that are easy to eat!
Here is the simple trick to cut a watermelon in 2 minutes like a pro . Watch:
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- 1 nice ripe watermelon
- 1 long, well-sharpened knife
- 1 cutting board or 1 rimmed baking sheet
1. Take a nice ripe watermelon. Click here to find out how to choose the best watermelons.
2. Cut the watermelon in half, lengthwise .
3. Cut each half in 2, so as to obtain 4 districts of watermelon, as in the photo above.
4. Place one of the wedges on a rimmed baking sheet and take a long, sharp knife.
5. Start cutting vertical slices 3 cm thick , without completely pushing the blade into the skin of the watermelon.
6. Continue to cut vertical slices down the length of the quarter, at regular intervals .
7. Your vertically sliced watermelon should look like the one in the photo above .
8. At this point, I like to put the watermelon in front of me and rotate it 90º . It's not mandatory, but that way it's even easier to cut.
9. Now start cutting the watermelon into horizontal slices , and always 3 cm thick .
10. Did you get the trick? Keep cutting layers of horizontal slices, so as to obtain a "grid" of small squares.
11. When cut into horizontal slices, the first side of the watermelon should look like the one in the photo above .
12. Now rotate the watermelon wedge and start to cut the opposite side in horizontal slices 3 cm thick.
13. Continue to cut horizontal slices in the watermelon, from top to bottom.
14. Now your watermelon has the same pattern on both sides:a grid of small squares .
15. Once you have cut all the small squares, pass the blade of the knife between the skin and the flesh .
16. Continue to pass the blade of the knife over the white part of the flesh, so as to obtain a maximum of cubes .
17. We're almost there!
18. And that's it, it's over! The watermelon cubes come off on their own. Fastoche! Repeat the above steps to cut out the other quarters of your watermelon.
There you go, you know the simple technique to cut a watermelon into cubes :-)
Easy, fast and efficient, don't you think?
Thanks to this method, the cubed watermelon pieces slide all by themselves into your salad bowl!
Don't forget that you can also eat watermelon seeds.
How? 'Or' What ? By following this quick and easy recipe.
Have you tried this simple technique for cutting a watermelon into cubes? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to read you!
