How to peel a pineapple? 3 easy ways to do it easily and quickly

Pineapple is a juicy and fragrant tropical fruit, which can now be bought all year round in any large supermarket. Earlier we could enjoy it mostly in compotes, where it was already cut into pieces and filled with syrup. Convenient, but still not that fresh fruit. In this article we will learn how to peel a pineapple - to do it extremely simply and quickly.

The easiest way: "cut" the fruit with a knife

So, you bought pineapple. The weight of the average fruit is about one and a half kilograms, they are often sold without tops, something resembling a Christmas tree. If you bought a fruit with such greens, cut it. Then wash the pineapple, so it will be more hygienic. After that, cut the fruit knife horizontally along its widest part, that is, approximately in the middle. You got two fragrant halves. Almost done. Now immerse the knife from the very edge of one of the halves, deepen it almost to the end and cut out the flesh by the diameter. This is the easiest way to peel a pineapple. What you cut out with ease will move away from the peel, and you will have a large piece of pulp, which you can already cut as you like - with cubes or circles. By the way, do not forget to do the same with the second half of the fruit. The knife, of course, should be large enough and sharp.

How to peel a pineapple? Method number 2

Of course, a fragrant tropical guest on your table should be ripe. Only in this form pineapple is really tasty, juicy and aromatic. Unripe fruit - solid, and the taste is very "so-so." Therefore, in the store, choosing a pineapple, sniff the fruit - if there is its characteristic odor, then the fruit is likely to mature. And now about how to peel the pineapple with a knife in a way different from the one we described above. First you have to do everything the same: cut off the green tip, wash the fruit, and then - cut it not horizontally into 2 halves, and vertically in half (best done with a sharp knife on the cutting board), and then divide these halves into "Boats", about 4-5 cm thick. Almost finished - it remains to cut off the flesh from them, which in this case can be cut only by pieces. Circles you get only if you use the first way, where we told how to clean pineapple.

Clearing the fruit from the peel is easy and simple: method number 3

Although pineapple is an exotic tropical fruit, it can be cleaned like ordinary potatoes. Again, in this case you should have a sharp knife in stock. The beginning is the same: wash the fruit, and then cut off the top, while affecting a little "body" of the pineapple. And now the usual manipulation - in a spiral knife peel off the skin, that is, do all the same, if you had in your hands was not a pineapple, and potatoes. And all - after a while you get the whole fruit cleared. You can cut it with lobules, at least in circles, as you like. We gave three ways how to properly clean pineapple, choose one of them - and for the cause. In the meantime, we will tell you what is useful for the flesh of the fruit itself.

About the benefits of pineapple: vitamin and mineral composition

Like most fruits, pineapple contains many vitamins, minerals and fiber, namely:

• Vitamins of group В - В1, В2, В5, В6 and В9;
• Vitamin PP;
• Betacarotene;
• A large amount of vitamin C - 11 mg per 100 g of product;
• Vitamin E;
• Calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium and potassium.

And all this - at a low enough caloric content of 52 kcal per 100 grams of product. At the same time, fats in pineapple only 0.1 g, proteins - 0.3 g, and carbohydrates - 11 grams. But in pineapple a lot of water - 85.5 g per 100 grams (that is, from its pulp will turn out a lot of juice), as well as 1 gram of fiber and 1 gram of useful organic acids. Therefore, the fruit is still in its fresh form, although in compote it is more familiar to most Russians.

More on how to choose the right pineapple

Above we already mentioned that a ripe, juicy pineapple should and smell appropriate. That is, have a persistent, characteristic aroma inherent in this fruit. Here are some more tips on how not to make a mistake in a supermarket or on the market and buy exactly what you need:

• First, its top (if the fruit is sold along with it) should be beautiful, "thick", and the leaves are very dense; Nevertheless, in a ripe fruit leaflets can easily be pulled from the top - this simple sign helps a lot to determine whether a fruit is ripe or is still lying.
• Check the pineapple for hardness - ripe fruit, although elastic, but lend itself to squeezing.
• The rind of ripe fruit should not be completely brown - rather, it will indicate that the pineapple has overrun or, worse, has already begun to rot. The surface should be without characteristic dents - brown, but with a greenish tinge.

So, we examined three ways to clean the pineapple (with a photo), and also told about its benefits and about how not to make a mistake with the choice and submit a tasty and ripe fruit to the table. We hope, after reading this article, you will love this fruit even more and it will appear more often on your table.