How to peel a fruit

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

you will need:

• 1 1 grapefruit
• Total weight: 340 grams

Times:

Preparation
32 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: You will need the following utensils:
  • A chopping board
  • A good knife
  Cut top and bottom off the fruit.
• 2: Split the skin vertically into 4 quarters of similar size.
• 3: Pull off the quarters of skin. With them you can make delicious candied peel.
• 4: If necessary, trim any remaining white pith from top and bottom.
• 5: Put the fruit in front of you, remove the white pith by cutting in vertical strips all round the fruit.
• 6: Complete the operation by trimming off any remaining bits of pith. It's easier if you turn fruit upside down at this stage.
• 7: You should get a "clean" fruit. It is now "pelé à vif", but you need to separate the segments of flesh.
• 8: For the first segment, choose a large one and cut from the outside towards the centre, following the left-hand membrane (transparent skin).
• 9: Then do the same thing with the right-hand membrane.
• 10: And so separate the first segment.
• 11: For all the other segments, start again with the left-hand membrane, and cut from outside to centre.
• 12: Now comes the critical moment, when the blade of your knife reaches the centre: turn it gently half a turn (exacty as if you were turning a key to lock a door), and continue cutting, this time back from the centre towards the outside.
• 13: You will notice that there is only a little to cut, because the turn pratically detaches the segment.
• 14: Then remove the segment... You might need to finish by removing a few pips or pieces of membrane.
• 15: Do this for all segments.
• 16: Have a look at this short video, to see how to peel a grapefruit...
• 17: ...and in this one, a kiwi.

Remarks

This operation is rather long, but what a result! If you make a fruit salad like this you will be surprised (so will your guests) by the sweetness of your dessert (no hint of bitterness from the pith).
I suggest that you work over a strainer on a bowl, or use a chopping board with a small reservoir to keep the fruit juice that runs out. Similarly, squeeze all unused parts of the fruit before discarding them.

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