Pomegranate, this sweet and sour, most useless fruit, is sold all year round. But such a delicacy is not all loved, only because of the fact that when cleaning the fruit you can easily get dirty in its dark ruby juice. And that this did not happen, you just need to know how to properly clean the pomegranate and not to foul everything around. There are several tricky ways from which you will get some excitement from the production of these juicy grains while cleaning the dense peel.
Do not forget that before consuming any fruit, including a pomegranate, you must first rinse it thoroughly with running water. It is better to immediately put on an apron, so as not to contaminate clothes, when you will clean the pomegranate, because the fruit can be very juicy.
Method one
After examining the acquired garnet from all sides, you can notice that under the thick skin there are certain septa, which you need to cut with a knife along. But before that it is necessary to cut off the very tip of the fruit. Do not be afraid to touch the flesh, the thicker you will cut off the top, the easier it will be to empty the grain.
Take the deep dishes and above it turn the crown of the already cut grenade. If you have a wooden kitchen hammer, it is ideal for tapping all over the fruit skin. If there is no such hammer, then the usual spoon or knife will do. Since the skin is dense enough, it protects the fruit from various external damages. Therefore it is worthwhile to strike harder once in each place.
Tap a roar until you see in the plate the bulk of the grains from the fruit. Thus, you will get all the berries and do not get dirty, because all the juice will be already in the dish.
Method of the second
An easy way is to clean the pomegranate with water. With fruit, it is necessary to cut off the top and, as described above, cut along the visible edges. In a semi-open state, place the pomegranate in cold water for about half an hour. During this time, all internal partitions swell and soften. And you with ease, right in the water, free all the seeds.
Do not worry about the fact that among the remnants of the peel you will then have to catch berries. No, because the grain is heavier than the fibers from the partitions, they will immediately sink to the bottom of the dishes, and the garbage will float at the top.
You can also put the fruit under a stream of cool water. Place the pomegranate in a deep bowl with the crown cut off, breaking the fruit into segments. Strong pressure without effort will wash all the grains from the dense protective shell. After passing through the colander the contents that will float on the surface of the water. At the same time, there will remain delicious ruby grains.
How to choose a ripe garnet
If the fruit is not completely ripe, then with any cleaning method, not ripened white grains, most likely, will remain attached to the peel. And in order not to be mistaken when buying this valuable fruit, you need to know a few distinctive features of the ripe fruit:
- the skin of the pomegranate should be dry and slightly rough to the touch. If you look closely, then from the outside you should see the relief of the grains that are inside;
- , depending on the type of fruit, the color should be quite bright. On the surface should not be present any brown spots, this may indicate that the fetus began to rot, or it was damaged during transportation;
- on the vertex where there was an inflorescence, there should be no green, under-dried stamens, otherwise this indicates that the pomegranate was cut off unripened;
- if choosing a pomegranate in the market you are offered to taste this fruit, then do not refuse. After all, the main indicator of ripeness is its taste. The grains should be bright red, and the taste is sweet enough.
As you can see, to clean a grenade is not so difficult, as it seems at first glance. Eat this fruit with pleasure and do not be afraid to get dirty!