How to peel a fruit

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 piece, you will need:

• 1 1 grapefruit
• Total weight: 340 grams

Times:

Preparation
35 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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