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Segmenting
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By Jeni Wright, Eric Treuille and Le Cordon Bleu
Published 1996
This very simple technique cuts citrus fruits into neat segments so that none of the tough membrane is included. Work over a plate or bowl to collect the juice as it drips from the fruit.
- Hold the peeled fruit in one hand. Cut down both sides of one white membrane to the core, using a small knife. Try to leave as little flesh as possible attached to the membrane.
- Working around the fruit, continue to cut between the membranes and segments, folding the membranes back like the pages of a hook as you go to release each segment.
- Hold the core and membranes over the segments and squeeze tightly in your fist. This will extract as much of the juice from the remaining flesh as possible.
