In childhood, no one thought for a long time about how to properly clean the walnut from the shell: found a heavy stone, hit it once - the contents of the nut in your palm. In an apartment this method is not feasible, so adults have to include imagination and think about how to clean nuts so that the fragments of the shell do not scatter in different directions, and the fetus remains unharmed. There are many ways to clean any nut quickly and safely.
How to properly clean the hazelnuts?
Of course, the easiest way to buy already chopped nuts, but, firstly, it is more expensive, and, secondly, the hazelnut-covered hazelnut remains more fresh. Hazelnut is very useful, and its high cost is explained by many factors: it is a huge number of useful elements, and whimsical places of its dwelling. If you bought a hazelnut, which you need to clean, then you need more practical advice than a hammer or a stone.
Of course, for such purposes, a special device is ideal for splitting any nuts. But it is not in every kitchen, so many people use garlic. Be careful: if you get a sturdy nut, it can break.
Council
Never try to split nuts with your teeth, it's very dangerous and harmful.
We present three ways to clean the hazelnut at home easily and simply:
- with pliers;
- with a bag and malleus;
- heating in the oven.
Method 1.
Nut a snack with pliers, the cutters themselves must be in the palm of your hand. It is she who will save the kitchen from the shell that is scattering in all directions.
Method 2.
If the hazelnut is very strong, fold it into a tissue bag, place it on a large wooden board and lightly beat it with a hammer. Hazel will easily surrender, jumping out of the shell.
Method 3.
Unwrap the nuts on a baking tray and simmer 10 minutes in the oven. The shell is much easier to break after heat treatment.
After the hazelnut is freed from the shell from the shell, it is necessary to peel it from the skin. To do this, you need to pour the nuts into a frying pan and fry for 5 minutes on low heat. You can fry them in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees. After roasting the skin will quickly disappear. In order not to clean each nutlet separately, fold them on a towel, and cover it on top with the other and roll with your palms. So you can clean all the nuts at once.
How to clean walnuts?
In the street you can easily split a walnut by simply tapping on it with a heavy object. But in an apartment this method should not be used, because all neighbors will hear the sounds of your hard struggle, and the shell, which can "shoot" from under the hammer, will appear in all corners of the kitchen. Another popular method is splitting the halves of the "shell" with the tip of the knife. Its effectiveness and safety depends on the variety. If the shell is strong, and its halves are tightly compressed, then there is a great chance to hurt your hand or just bend the knife.
The treasury of folk wisdom has a couple of tips on how to release walnuts from the shell without applying special efforts.
We offer 3 ways to clean the house nut:
- with boiling water;
- with pliers;
- by placing in the oven;
Method 1.
Put whole walnuts in a bowl and pour them with steep boiling water. Leave it for 10 minutes, then wait until the nuts are cool, and gently prick them with the tip of the knife. The steamed nut will very easily yield, and the halves of the shell will smoothly "unstick".Do it very carefully, one careless movement - and the knife can pierce the skin!
Method 2.
If you do not have a special nutcheck, it does not matter. Run into the pantry for the pliers. Here, of course, you need to make a lot of effort, so it is better for a woman to ask her husband to carry out this operation. The clamped nut needs to be held in the palm of your hand, and the other hand grasps the handle. Then the fragments will remain in the hand, not on the floor and under the kitchen furniture.
Advice
Do not use a garlic pressure stick: it can not stand and break.
Method 3.
Put the nuts on a baking tray, preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place it there.10 minutes of heat treatment will be more than enough to make the shell more fragile and supple. When the walnuts cool down, break them one by one with a hammer and a conventional wooden board. You will not have to make special efforts, so be sure that neighbors will not get frightening sounds.
When the kernel is released from the shell, the following problem appears: how to remove the brown bitter skin? A young walnut is easy to clean and pleasant, because the husks themselves slice. But the longer it is stored, the more difficult the task before you will appear.
You can clean the husks in two ways:
- pour boiling water;
- to fry.
Method 1.
Pour the nuts with boiling water for 5 minutes. After such bath procedures, they will easily be cleared of bitter skin, and a pleasant "milky" taste will return to them.
Method 2.
Fry the nuts in a frying pan for only 5 minutes, and the peel will begin to fall off during the frying. Watch carefully for the color and smell, so that the nuts are not burnt. It is easier to clean them after such a procedure.
As you can see, you can clean nuts not only with the help of a hammer, stone or any heavy object. This can be done safely and carefully, if you know certain tricks. Carrying out all the procedures correctly, you not only easily break a hard, unyielding shell, but also remove the thin bitter skin.
We recommend reading an article on how to dry walnuts in the oven