How to clean a grapefruit

Sometimes the pleasure of eating citrus spoils the inconvenient way to clean them. The peel can be difficult to remove, and the flesh is divided by hard, bitter membranes, moreover, in all citrus there are bones that cannot be chewed. Some people are annoyed by the smell of essential oil remaining on their hands after cleaning the fruit, and someone is unhappy that a lot of valuable juice is lost during cleaning. In order not to abandon the healthy juicy fruits, eat them whole or add to culinary dishes, remember a few tricks on how to clean grapefruit.

Pink grapefruit is one of the largest citrus fruits. Usually he is dressed in a thick skin and densely filled with juice. It is used as a dessert, added to salads and cold appetizers, and squeezed out for drinking juice or marinades. Fruit peel is used in baking and sweets. In any case, the fruit must be properly cleaned to preserve its quality and beneficial properties.

Step-by-step recommendations on how to clean a grapefruit

First of all, the fruit must be washed from the dirty plaque and wax, which it is often lubricated for storage. Rinse the fruit in warm water and wipe with paper towels - mechanical action will remove dirt completely. To use the peel, the fruit must be doused with boiling water.

Cleaning without peeling
If a grapefruit is needed for juice, there is a secret to its quality squeeze. Especially it will be useful for those who do not have a citrus juicer. Before the procedure, roll the fruit in the peel on the table - it will squeeze the pulp and it will be better to peel off the membranes and give the juice. Then the grapefruit is cut into two halves and the juice survives; this can even be done manually.

If the fruit is to be served on the table, the halves cut with the skin are presented with a special spoon and the pulp is cleaned with its help. You can also do if the prescription needs half a slice of fruit. Cut the whole grapefruit in half, use a thin knife and a spoon: cut the slices and take them out with a spoon from white film “envelopes”.

The way with the preservation of juice
If the peel interferes - it is removed. You can notch the peel at 0.5 cm in depth along the "equator" - that is, in the middle.Then take a dessert spoon and paste parallel to the pulp under the peel. Spoon need to process the whole fruit in a circle, as if separating the peel from the inside. First, one half, remove the "dome" of the skin, then the other half as well.

Another way is to cut the peel 0.5 cm, like a watermelon - on 6 cloves, without getting to the pulp. Then remove the skin by hand. For those who are allergic to citrus oil, you can use plastic gloves, put the fruit in a bag or a couple of layers of food film - and peel the skin through a protective layer. For the same purpose will help paper towels. Fully they do not protect hands from splashing oil, but it will absorb the excess, and this will ensure tidiness on the table.

The resulting peeled fruit is divided into slices, dressed in white skin. If they are allowed to dry, the fruit will be very easy to peel. Further, it will be necessary only to tear off the seam (a narrow thread that was at the core) or to incise it - and remove the films, removing whole pieces of pulp.

Useful advice: do not throw away the membranes from the grape. Of these, you can insist on a very useful face tonic or hair rinser with the function of controlling oiliness and moisturizing the skin.

Cook cleaning method
First you need to cut off the "hat" at the poles of citrus. Then cut off the zest parallel to the lobules, grabbing some pulp and removing the entire white layer. Then with the help of a knife from each “compartment” the pulp is cut out in two movements along the membranes. This method of cleaning grapefruit is fast, but a lot of juice is lost in the process.

Peeling
To get aromatic zest, which is most often added to pastries, to meat or to shakes, the rind must be washed. And after that you can use 3 tools:

1. Special knife. It looks like a potato peeler and cuts off the peel in thin strips, which is useful for decorating dishes.
2. Plain fine grater. With its help, you can get fragrant mush from zest.
3. Kitchen knife. Cut off the zest with a thin layer, without touching the white flesh, so that the additive does not burn.

Recommendations for choosing a fruit

Different grapefruit varieties can be suitable for various culinary tasks. On the juice choose thin-crusty weighty fruits with a blush on the peel. Such a fruit will be sweet and juicy.

For fruit salads, it is better to choose fleshy fruits. Thick fruits usually have a bitter taste, reddish skin indicates ripeness and high sugar content. In the bright fruits a lot of carotene and useful acid.Given the composition of the dish - be it a fruit salad, a snack for sandwiches or sauce - select the desired shade of taste.

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