How to quickly clean the pomegranate?

Pomegranate in the East is not without reason called the "king of fruits." The bright and rich color of the pomegranate looks solemn and noble, and the sweet and sour aftertaste delights.However, many people refuse to consume this fruit, because they do not know how to clean it without damage to the grains and the appearance of splashes.

Not everyone knows that pomegranate is a berry. Juicy and sweet grains of this fruit are hidden under the skin, which is not so easy to clean. Soiled hands, face, clothes, and, possibly, surrounding space, splashing juice, battered fruit and little appetizing pieces — in most cases, cleaning and cutting pomegranate look that way. All this is due to the fact that pomegranate has a thin skin and a delicate shell of grains, which, bursting, spray juice.

However, if you know how to properly clean this fruit, you can do it quickly, keeping your hands clean and getting an attractive dish in the end. Regardless of the method chosen, you should pre-wash the pomegranate. Be sure to use warm, even somewhat hot (as they put up their hands) water. Like most fruits and berries, pomegranate is coated with wax during transportation. Cold water simply does not wash it away, as a result, the coating will fall first on your hands, and then on the edible part of the pomegranate.

After the fruit is washed, it should be wiped with a towel - the knife will slide on the wet skin, which can cause injury. To wipe the fruit should be light blotting movements, applying great force, you risk masking the grain.

There are several methods of cleaning the pomegranate, but most of them involve carrying out these manipulations with a knife. So, first of all you should prepare a sharp knife. It should be small - it is more convenient to work with such.

You will also need a board or a large flat plate on which you can cut the fruit or cut its stem. Pomegranate juice, as it is known, has a bright shade and at the same time is very resistant. In this regard, it is better to abandon the wooden boards for cutting pomegranate, because they will not be easy to clean.

If it is intended to obtain grains without peel, then usually a regular tablespoon or kitchen hammer is used. These devices beat off the fruit. You should also choose a deep plate (small pot, ladle) to clean the fruit over it. The deeper the better. Ideally, the grenade should completely fit in this container.

Some methods involve the use of water and colander.

Clean and neatly clean the pomegranate using the so-called dry method. First of all, wash the berry, then you need to retreat from the stem of 2-3 cm and make an incision. It is important to completely cut through the peel, but do not damage the grain. If done correctly, the cut off part is easily removed from the fetus like a lid from the pan.

An easier way to separate the stalk is to simply cut off the top. In this case, damage to several upper grains is possible, but this is uncritical. It is better to perform these manipulations on a large flat plate, glass or plastic board. Wooden surfaces will quickly absorb the scarlet pomegranate juice, and washing them will not be easy.

When you remove the "lid" of the embryo, you will find that the rows of the grenade are separated from each other by light streaks. Along the lines of these veins, the peel should be notched to make the lobules. In this case, the cuts should not reach the bottom of the garnet by about 3-4 cm.

Now it remains only to "pour" grains from the rind into a bowl. This will require a deep bowl and a tablespoon. The fruit should be turned upside down and tapped gently on its skin with a spoon. As a result, the grains will separate from the membranes and fall into the plate. The rind will remain empty.

There is also a “wet” cleaning method, so named because the process is carried out under water. First, prepare the fruit in the same way as in the first case - wash, incise and remove the top in the area of ​​the stem.

The next stage is the immersion of the pomegranate cut down into a deep dish filled with clean water. Now under water it needs to be disassembled into slices, tearing off the peel. She, being light as the membrane, will begin to float upwards. While the grains of the grant - go down. After the process is completed, it remains to remove the peel and membrane, wash the grain, discarding in a colander.

Pomegranate should be dipped in cool water. You can leave it in the liquid for 5-10 minutes and only then proceed to cleaning. It is believed that after this the grains will be easier to separate.

Inventive connoisseurs of pomegranate invented an interesting cleaning method, the use of which will save the grain from damage, and you - from the juice throughout the room. To do this, prepare a grenade in the manner indicated above - wash, cut off the tip. After that, make small vertical cuts along the white membranes.

Now you need to put a deep plate on the table, on top of it - a dumpling. The prepared fruit is put on the resulting “aggregate”, closed with a suitable-sized silicone mold. Now you need to knock on the shape of a spoon or hammer for meat, with the result that all the grains without a membrane (it will not pass through the holes of the dumpling) will be in the plate.

If there is no suitable size silicone cooker on hand, you can do without it. However, in this case, there is still the risk of "bouncing" of the grains on the table surface. However, if you make a point, like muffled blows, this will not happen.

Another way to easily clean the fruit without splashing is to cut the top evenly to the first rows of grains. At the bottom of the pomegranate should be done the same way, avoiding damage to the grains. Now you need to make a vertical incision of the peel on the membrane.

The result will be 2 half pomegranate, interconnected skin. It remains to tap a spoon or hammer on the skin, holding the fruit grains down. For splash protection purposes, you can do this by placing the bowl in the sink and turning on the water.

So, it is also necessary to wash the pomegranate and cut with the knife the core in the area of ​​the stem. As a result, a small hole will appear in the center of the fruit. From him should make vertical incisions 1.5-2 cm long.

The next step is to take the berry with both hands, insert the thumb into the cut hole in the center and break the fruit into slices. Just the same as they usually do with an orange.

No need to strive to completely divide the fruit into pieces, it is important only to break it, leaving connected at the bottom. The result is an original pomegranate "flower" that can be used to decorate a fruit plate.

Recently, edible, including fruit bouquets have become increasingly popular. They can become an original gift or a serving item.Making them is easy - you should stock up with wooden skewers, fresh fruit of suitable size and color range and decor. The center of such a composition will be completely peeled, but not divided into slices, pomegranate. It will look like a bright orb, from one species that is drooling.

Peeling a pomegranate for a bouquet of fruit is easy, the main thing is not to rush, not to make sudden movements. The fruit should be washed and cut the top of the fruit, without touching the grains. Now pull one of the peel tips down to reach the white part of the fruit. For convenience, you can make small vertical cuts, for which then pull. In this way, very slowly and carefully remove the skin over the entire surface of the "ball", also removing the film. You can, by the way, not completely clean the pomegranate, but leave the peel in the lower part or beginning in the middle of the fruit. It is better to cut it off or cut it with beautiful waves.

Some masters of bouquets consider it a simpler way to clean a pomegranate. To do this, the washed fruit should be put on the table and make a cross-shaped incision on its top. It should turn out 4 "petals", now you need to pull separately for each of them, exposing the grain. You do not need to completely remove the peel, if it is left connected at the bottom and beautifully placed around the "ball" of grains, you get a fruit flower.

If you decide to leave the pomegranate in a bouquet with the peel, it is enough to cut off the stem, gently peel the upper part so that 3-4 rows of grains are left without peel. In this part, you should also remove the membrane, slightly apart the fruit. As a result, you will get an exquisite half-distended “flower” - a delicate ruby ​​“top” of grains will appear from coarse peel.

This method is preferable for large bouquets - those whose fruits cannot be eaten at one time. In the peel, even with a cut off "cover" pomegranate can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. It is recommended to choose small pomegranates for fruit bouquets - they are easier to clean and look more organic in composition.

If you need to clean a dried grenade, then, having washed, it is simply cut into 4 slices. Juice dried fruit contains less, but it is better to still protect yourself from splashing and cut it in a deep dish or saucepan.

After that, turn the lobule upside down with the pips and actively knock on the back side with a spoon. Grains in such a berry quickly fall down. According to their taste, they can be inferior to grains of ripe fruit, but they are quite suitable for decorating salads and desserts, for example.

For information on how to quickly clean a pomegranate without getting dirty and without damaging the grain, see the following video.