Eating pomelo: instructions for proper peeling & eating

Eating pomelos and peeling them properly is pretty easy. Here you can find out everything about how you can easily peel and eat the large citrus fruit.

The pomelo is a very special fruit. Above all, their origins are exciting and appear like a real fruit crossing marathon: through the crossing of grapefruit and tangerine the sweet and bitter orange emerged. The intersection of orange with the grapefruit (Citrus maxima) resulted in the grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) and when this was crossed with the grapefruit one more time, the pomelo came out. The pomelo was especially lucky when it comes to its flavor genetic makeup. In contrast to the very bitter grapefruit, it has the fruity-sweet taste of the tangerine and sweet orange.

The skin of the pomelo is quite thick, which is why many wonder how best to peel and cut pomelos. We have summarized this for you below:

Eat pomelos: peel and cut lightly

1. First, cut the peel of the pomelo in the middle of the fruit. The cut should not be too deep, however, as you do not want to cut into the pulp. Only the shell is cut through in this way.
2. Use your fingers to carefully peel the pomelo pulp away from the skin. This process is called peeling. Then you can easily remove one half of the bowl.
3. Now repeat peeling again for the other half of the pomelo.
4. Now you can cut the pomelo in half by simply pulling the fruit apart with your thumbs in the opening at the top.
5. The white skin that surrounds the pulp of the pomelo can also be plucked off at will. Now you can simply cut off the fruit segments from the pomelo, remove excess skin and the empty shells can be used as a sideboard.

Ingredients and uses of the healthy pomelo

The pomelo is a very healthy fruit. Especially for people who watch their daily calorie intake, the citrus fruit is a jackpot. With just 25 to 50 kilo calories (kcal) per 100 grams, the pomelo has an extremely low value compared to many other types of fruit. This makes it (like grapefruit) a very good food during a diet. The high vitamin C content for citrus fruits is also given in the pomelo. In addition, potassium, magnesium and phosphate are found in the pulp of the pomelo. It also contains so-called limonin, a natural bitter substance that has a beneficial effect on the activity in the intestine. Overall, the pomelo is a very healthy fruit and an alternative if you get bored with orange and grapefruit. But be careful: People who take antihypertensive drugs shouldn't consume too much of the pulp.

Otherwise you can of course enjoy the pomelo in many different forms. One possibility is to incorporate the fruit into mixed fruit salads. The pomelo also cuts a fine figure as an addition to muesli and natural yogurt. But you can also be a little more adventurous and use the pomelo in hearty dishes. Asian cuisine in particular offers many options for using the meat of the pomelo as a fruity note, especially in vegetable dishes.

Our tip: The pomelo tastes particularly good and refreshing with fresh mint leaves - also as a homemade lemonade!

Origin and cultivation of the pomelos

The citrus fruit is one of the very new varieties. It was first bred in Israel in the early 1970s. In China and Southeast Asia, however, the same varieties of grapefruit and grapefruit soon emerged. After a short time, the new fruit also reached the European market. The pomelo is definitely noticeable on the supermarket shelves in the fruit and vegetable departments: its size, its light weight pink, light yellow to light green in color and their partially pear-shaped shape distinguish them from the others Citrus fruits. You can usually find them in an orange network in the supermarket. To date, it is mainly grown in Israel, China, Southeast Asian countries and South Africa.

In addition to the pomelo, there are others exceptional citrus species and varieties. We present some of them in our article.

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