The main methods of peeling grapefruit

Citrus lovers sometimes have a question - how to clean grapefruit? This is a simple process, but quite tedious. Just cut the skin and get the pulp with a teaspoon is not always appropriate. Sometimes a fruit is needed to decorate a dish, and sometimes it is used as a salad ingredient. Squeezing juice from grapefruit also requires some preparation of this fruit.

What is the use of grapefruit?

Grapefruit has many useful properties, because it contains vitamins A, P, B1, C. It also contains organic acids, pectin, mineral salts, volatile, essential oils. Naringin is located in the partitions, but because of bitterness they are usually not consumed.

This fruit is used to make:

• various salads;
• juice;
• diet foods;
• cosmetics.

Grapefruit has healing properties. It helps with heartburn (for this, pre-dried zest is used), cardiovascular diseases.

How to choose a good fruit?

In this case, it is very important to pay attention to the weight of the fetus, the color of the peel. For it to be juicy enough, it must be weighty. The color of the peel will tell about the taste. The brighter - the sweeter the fruit. Sometimes you can find grapefruit brown. It should not be ignored, it is no worse than the rest of the fruits and has the same useful qualities. You should pay attention to the smell. If the fruit is juicy and ripe, then it must be fragrant.

Red fruit is considered the sweetest and juiciest. Pink - with a slight acidity. White fruits with a pronounced sour taste, they are used instead of lemon to prepare various dishes.

Peeling grapefruit

There are several ways to peel this exotic fruit. It matters why it will be used and whether appearance is important. The first step is to thoroughly wash it under running water.

First way

You need to take a knife - very sharp and with a thin blade.

Tip

If possible, it is better to purchase a special knife for cutting citrus. It is always useful in the household.

We start cleaning.

1. A knife cuts off both tops of grapefruit. The slice should be made so thick that the pulp of the fetus is visible.
2. The peel should be removed carefully so as not to lose the flesh and excess juice. It is cut from one pole to another, with smooth movements. A minimal amount of fruit pulp should remain on the peel.
3. After cutting off the main layer of the peel, it is worth going over with a knife once again to remove the remaining white layer.
4. Slices of grapefruit are cut with a knife. In this case, the membrane partitions are separated. They have a bitter aftertaste, and therefore they are not used.
5. Cutting slices should be done carefully so that juice from them does not flow out unnecessarily.
6. After the first cut segments, the process should be much easier. It is possible to hold the membrane with your fingers and separate it.
7. When all the grapefruit slices are cut, squeeze the juice out of the remaining lump of membranes. After all, a small amount of pulp remains on the partitions, no matter how we try to prevent this.
8. Such slices are added to the salad or simply eaten. They can be folded into a tray and stored in the refrigerator for four days.

Second way

This cleaning method is used in cases where the appearance does not matter. It is suitable for making juice. To clean the fruit, you need to go through several stages.

1. The fruit is cut into two halves. The peel in this cleaning method is not removed.
2. With the help of a small spoon, all the flesh is obtained.
3. The remaining two halves of the fetus are additionally squeezed out, because a little pulp remains in them.

Tip

After cleaning, do not discard the membrane walls. They contain a huge amount of nutrients. You can sit them with your eyes closed on bitterness.

Fruit and vegetable peeling machine

Third way

Kitchen appliances at the present time are so diverse that with its help you can save yourself from many troubles. For cleaning grapefruit suitable machine, which is designed to get rid of the peel of round fruits and vegetables. It is enough to place the fruit in it and get it already peeled. It is only necessary to divide into segments and get rid of partitions.

No matter how to clean the grapefruit, the main thing is to fully benefit from it. After all, this is a storehouse of useful substances. Do not give up the use of bitter partitions, they also have useful qualities for the human body.