Secrets of a festive serving: how to clean and beautifully cut a lemon? Step-by-step instructions for various methods.

For many housewives, lemons are necessarily present at feasts to decorate various dishes.

This fruit is needed not only to reduce the harm from fatty foods, it is also an excellent decorative element that will emphasize the table setting.

There are many options for serving lemon. We will introduce you to them, and also tell you how to pre-clean citrus.

How to chop citrus peel to decorate dishes?

Classic way

Classic sliced ​​lemon suitable for many dishes. For this, the fruit is sliced ​​across, their thickness is approximately 5 mm.

The Rose

Lemon rose will be an excellent decoration for any table and dish.

1. Prepare a stand for the future rose to place it right there.
2. Cut the fruit into 2 halves, on a flat surface, cut it into slices. The thickness of the lobules should be about a centimeter and a half. Otherwise, it will be difficult to make a rose.
3. Cut 7 or 8 slices, lay one under the other at the same distance with rounded edges also in one direction. Then start spinning. Try to do it tightly, but do not squeeze much.
4. When you assemble the composition, immediately place it with the round edges up in the stand. Gently spread the petals of the flower to get splendor.

We offer you to watch a video on how to make a rose from a lemon:

Original petals

You can also create petals from citrus - slices cut in half, resembling petals.

1. Cut the lemon into circles with a maximum thickness of 5 mm. Then cut the slices in half.
2. Using a sharp knife, cut the skin along the line of the white layer, leave 5-7 mm intact.
3. Now you need to bend the incised skin inside, you get beautiful "petals".

Carbohydrate

This method of original slicing is quite simple, as it consists in carving the skin.

1. A special cutter from the carving kit is suitable for carbohydration, or you can gently use a knife to make notches along the length of the lemon skin at the same distance.
2. When you shape the skin with grooves, cut the lemon slices across to a thickness of 5 mm.

Such slicing of citrus will require a minimum of effort, and your table will noticeably change. Mugs can also be folded with a pyramid, sprinkled with icing sugar or garnished with berries.

Half slices

Mugs after carb can be cut into half slices, you get beautiful scallops. You can also make regular half slices by cutting circles up to 5 mm thick in half.

Spiral

Lemon spiral is also an original decoration of any dish. Step by Step Actions:

1. Cut the lemon into circles (up to about 5 mm), cut from the center of the circle along the radius, cutting the skin on one side.
2. Expand the edges in different directions and place the slice with a spiral on a plate.
3. Olives or cherries are placed on the folds. This is necessary for decoration and for fixing the form.

Flower

The lemon flower made is perfect for meat and fish dishes, desserts and fruit salads. You can create such a decor in just two minutes.

1. Make 3 slices of lemon with a maximum thickness of 5 mm, cut them across in half, but not to the very end. Leave one edge of the skin intact.
2. Put the very first slice on a plate in the form of a spiral.
3. Open the edges of the second slice in different directions with a spiral and put across the top of the first slice.
4. Move the petals closer together to fit the third piece.
5. Put the third slice on top, open its edges in different directions, straighten all the petals so that they are even.

How to quickly make slices?

1. To quickly cut the lemon into slices, peel it of the zest and white layer.
2. Then cut it in half.
3. And carefully cut each half with a sharp knife into slices.

Ways to easily peel the fruit

Grater

1. Wash the lemon.
2. Take a regular grater with small holes. Hold it with this surface closer to you. Press the grater handle so that there is no slip.
3. Grate the lemon until peeled. And turn the citrus until it peels everywhere.

Special knife

Here a special knife will help you - a peeler. Also wash the lemon, gently and slowly guide the peeler along the surface of the fruit. The main thing is not to capture the white layer if you need a zest for decorating dishes.

Manually

1. Take a fruit slicer, rinse a lemon.
2. Two tips of a lemon should be cut.
3. With the cut side, place the lemon on the board.
4. Cut a thin strip of peel on one side. And so remove with a knife all the strips in turn.

How to remove wax from citrus?

Boiling water

1. Heat the water in a teapot to boiling water, filling it in half (you can take a pan for this, also half full).
2. Put the lemon in one layer in a colander, and put the colander in the kitchen sink.
3. Pour boiling water over lemons. Hot water can melt wax, making it easier to remove. Remove it with a brush, then rinse the lemon with cold water.

In the microwave

1. Place the lemons on a microwave plate.
2. Place the plate in the oven for 10-20 seconds.
3. Clean citrus under running water.

Fruit cleaner

You can buy such a tool in the store, and you can also make it yourself.

1. To do this, pour 3 parts of water and 1 part of distilled vinegar into the spray bottle.
2. Spray the product on lemons, leave it for a few minutes for exposure.
3. Brush lemons under running water.

How beautifully cut peeled fruit?

Sliced

1. First peel the lemon from the peel in any of the above ways.
2. Then cut it into thin circles. Now cut them into slices.
3. Put the resulting slices in a zigzag pattern. You can also leave the lemon in the form of circles.

Thus, you learned that lemon can be a great decoration for your table and dishes. There are different ways to peel and wax it, and make beautiful jewelry.

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