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How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

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:

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

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What you need

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

- 1 nice ripe watermelon

- 1 long, well-sharpened knife

- 1 cutting board or 1 rimmed baking sheet

How to

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

1. Take a nice ripe watermelon. Click here to find out how to choose the best watermelons.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

2. Cut the watermelon in half, lengthwise .

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

3. Cut each half in 2, so as to obtain 4 districts of watermelon, as in the photo above.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

4. Place one of the wedges on a rimmed baking sheet and take a long, sharp knife.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

5. Start cutting vertical slices 3 cm thick , without completely pushing the blade into the skin of the watermelon.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

6. Continue to cut vertical slices down the length of the quarter, at regular intervals .

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

7. Your vertically sliced ​​watermelon should look like the one in the photo above .

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

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.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

9. Now start cutting the watermelon into horizontal slices , and always 3 cm thick .

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

10. Did you get the trick? Keep cutting layers of horizontal slices, so as to obtain a "grid" of small squares.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

11. When cut into horizontal slices, the first side of the watermelon should look like the one in the photo above .

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

12. Now rotate the watermelon wedge and start to cut the opposite side in horizontal slices 3 cm thick.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

13. Continue to cut horizontal slices in the watermelon, from top to bottom.

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

14. Now your watermelon has the same pattern on both sides:a grid of small squares .

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

15. Once you have cut all the small squares, pass the blade of the knife between the skin and the flesh .

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

16. Continue to pass the blade of the knife over the white part of the flesh, so as to obtain a maximum of cubes .

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

17. We're almost there!

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

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.

Result

How To Cut A Watermelon In 2 Minutes Like A Pro.

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.

Your turn...

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!