Margarida — The Avocado Bred to Be Giant

Margarida is a colossus among avocados — a single fruit regularly weighs close to a kilogram, several times the size of a standard Hass, with skin thick and tough enough to resist the bumps that would bruise a thinner-skinned variety. Cut it open and you'll find pale yellow, buttery flesh with a mild, gently sweet flavor and a notably high pulp-to-seed ratio, so there's less waste around a relatively small pit. It also carries less fat than Hass, which is part of why this variety often ends up blended into sweet drinks and desserts rather than kept strictly savory — a genuinely different way to eat avocado if you've only ever had it on toast. Because the skin stays thick and firm right through ripening, colour alone won't tell you much; the fruit's give under gentle pressure is the real signal. One avocado this size easily serves a whole table, whether you go classic with guacamole or try it the sweeter way.