How Do I Fillet Citrus Fruits?

To make citrus fillets, first cut a slice off the top and bottom of the citrus fruit. Now the peel of the citrus fruit is peeled off all around.

Make sure that the white inner skin is completely removed. Then the fruit is held over a bowl and the fruit fillets are detached with a knife between the white partitions. In this way, juice and fillets are caught directly in the bowl.

1. First, place the fruit on the cutting board and cut off the top and bottom so that the flesh is visible. Then place the orange on one of the cut surfaces and cut off the peel with the white skin along the flesh. You should make sure that as little flesh as possible is cut off.​
2. Now take the fruit in your hand and cut the individual fruit wedges out of the separating membranes along the separating membranes. It is best to cut above the bowl so that you can catch the fruit juice and use it again later.​

So you see, with the right technique, citrus fruit filleting is a piece of cake. Now all you have to do is take a bite and enjoy!

How do you fillet a lemon?

Of course, it takes a little practice to achieve a perfect result. After the lemon is completely peeled, take the lemon in your hand as in the photo below and cut it just next to the white skin. Make an incision on the other side of the fillet and finally remove the fillet. Finished!

How do you remove the skin from tangerines?

The liquid through which the tangerines are steeped is weakly concentrated caustic soda. It dissolves the carbohydrate chains (polysaccharides) of the tangerine skins.

How do you get the white off a tangerine?

The tangerine pieces remain in the highly diluted hydrochloric acid for about half an hour, and then the white and the skin are gone. So that the flesh of the fruit is not etched away, it is bathed in highly diluted caustic soda. This will neutralize the hydrochloric acid.

How do you fillet limes?

Cut out the fillets in a wedge shape along the white lines that form the membranes between the individual columns. In doing so, the entire intermediate skin should be removed so that the pure pulp remains.

Can you fillet tangerines?

To fillet citrus fruits, all you need is a plastic or wooden chopping board, a sharp kitchen knife (the length of the blade should be chosen depending on the size of the fruit to minimize the risk of injury), and a bowl in which to collect the fillets and juice will.

How unhealthy are canned tangerines?

The proportion of vitamins and minerals is no longer the same as that of fresh mandarins, but possible germs and bacteria are lost during preservation.

What can you do with fresh tangerines?

• Cheesecake with tangerines.
• Shrimp and tangerine pans with peanuts.
• Cottage cheese dessert with tangerines.
• Vanilla croissant cake with tangerine mascarpone cream.
• Tangerine Yoghurt Puffin.
• Marshmallow and tangerine cake.
• Cottage cheese casserole with tangerines.

Why are some tangerines difficult to peel?

Skin that is shiny and relatively firm – however, if the skin is too firm and difficult to peel, it may also mean the fruit was not quite ripe when picked.