Useful walnut. How to split correctly

As you know, walnuts are a unique food that contains a huge amount of substances useful for our body. Such nuts contain a huge amount of vitamins, protein, microelements and fats. We must immediately say that this product is quite high-calorie, so its use should be limited to those people who sit on diets, actively engage in sports or lead, on the contrary, a sedentary lifestyle.

Clean or not clean?

Of course, we all know that for a walnut product , how to split it is sometimes difficult, how long it takes. Why not buy immediately peeled nuts? Many, of course, do so. But doctors and experts in the field of cooking agree on one thing: it is better not to buy peeled nuts, since it is not known what they are, how long they store in stores, how long they lie on its shelf, whether all the conditions for their storage and transportation were respected.

In this case, if you do not trust the shops, then we recommend buying an unrefined walnut. How to properly split the walnut so as not to damage the inner nucleolus, we'll tell you today. Also, by the way, a variant with home cleaning of nuts will suit those who independently grow them on their personal plot. What here are the purchased nuts, and even the peeled, when at home in the kitchen is always a plate of self-grown delicacies.

Knife

The most common method of cleaning walnuts from shells is using a conventional kitchen knife. How to crack a walnut without damaging the core with a knife? We take a nut, we find in its shell a hole (more often it is called a "tail"). We insert the tip of the knife and turn it slightly. The fruit quickly and easily divides into two parts, the inner part is not damaged.

Pliers

This option is suitable for those who need ground walnuts, say, for decorating a cake or for pickling meat. How easy it is to split a walnut with pliers, but how messy it is! Of course, you can very carefully bite off the shell in parts, but for sure such a long-lasting method will suit not all.

Baking tray

A fairly common method is to heat a walnut. How to split it with a baking tray? No way. The oven and the heated baking tray simply help to make the septum in the shell a bit softer. Hold the nuts in the oven for about ten minutes, remove from the oven, cool down a bit and use any of the above methods (knife or pliers).

Under the influence of high temperature, the constriction that binds the walnut shell will be so soft and pliable that the process will take you at least a minimum of time.

Boiling water

This is also a "temperature" option. In the Caucasus, they clean nuts in this way. So, the walnut. How to split with boiling water? Take a large saucepan, put the nuts there and pour steep boiling water. Leave for twenty to thirty minutes. They take nuts and are easily cleaned with a knife.

Unusual ways to clean nuts

Among the popular and proven options that help to clean walnuts, there are methods from the Kulibins. They can be called ridiculous, unusual, original or stupid, but the fact: people use them. Let's share with you, we will tell you how to quickly split walnuts by non-standard methods.

The first method is a bottle of champagne. Here you need accuracy, accuracy and skill. The main thing is that, as they say, the hand does not flinch. So, take the walnut, put it on the table. As is known, in many bottles from under the sparkling there is a small notch in the base. It is this very notch that you will need to get on the nut when you strike. And the "eyewitnesses" say that this is not the first time, and this method is quite "bloody", because the shell and the nut itself are scattered all over the room.

Doorjamb. You thought that with the help of a door handle you can only remove your teeth? And here not. You can also use the front door to chop walnuts. The method is tested by many, but, again, quite "dirty". After you put the walnut between the door and the jamb, pull it well for it, collect the walnut on the floor.

Advice

So, we talked about what kind of product is a walnut, how to split it in various ways. Now it remains only to share a couple of tips that will help to choose the right way of quality and obviously delicious nuts.

First, always try to give preference to nuts, which have a darkish color of the shell. Green nuts (forest or wild) are also good to taste, but here's to clean them you will be very, very problematic. The shell and septum inside such nuts are so strong and dense that neither the oven nor the boiling water will help.

Secondly, remember that the most delicious nuts are large. Try to buy just such. If there is a possibility to choose from the pile lying on the counter, then certainly do it, but do not drop everything into the package.

Third, never buy wet and cold nuts. It does not matter whether they are in the shell or are already cleaned at the factory.

Fourth, the shell must be necessarily clean. That is, she should have typical "grandmother's" wrinkles, but no white patches, stains, defects and damages should not be.

And finally: check the nuts by the sound. Are you laughing? And in vain! Ripe and delicious nuts, having a large and juicy core, will always sing. Hit one nut against another. If you hear a deaf unintelligible sound, then it is better not to take such a nut. And if the nuts ring back to you, they are delicious, fresh and quality.