How to cut a mango by scoring and flipping the cheeks
Cut off the mango cheeks, score the flesh in a grid without cutting the skin, flip inside out, then slice off the cubes.
Hold the mango with the stalk end up and cut down either side of the stone to remove the cheeks. Score each cheek into squares, invert it to pop the cubes, then cut them away.
The short version
- Score the flesh, not the skin
- Inverting makes the cubes easy to remove
What you need
- chef's knife
- cutting board
How to do it
- 1
Hold the mango with the stalk end up and cut down either side of the stone to remove the cheeks.
Aim to cut close to the pit without hitting it.
Watch this step - 2
Score the flesh into squares without cutting through the skin.
Keep the knife shallow so you don’t pierce the skin.
Watch this step - 3
Turn the cheek inside out to pop the cubes, then carefully cut the pieces off.
Use controlled cuts to avoid slipping on the skin.
Watch this step
What goes wrong
Cutting through the skin while scoring
Use a shallow scoring motion and stop at the skin.
Why it works
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