The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

but as little flesh as possible.
STEP 3: REPEAT Continue removing the skin and
pith in this manner, working all the way around the
fruit.
STEP 4: TRIM AS NECESSARY Once all the skin is
removed, scan the fruit once more and remove any bits
of pith left behind.
STEP 5: SLICE ALONG THE MEMBRANES Pick
up the fruit, hold it over a bowl, and use your knife to
make a single incision along the side of the membrane
separating two segments.
STEP 6: SLICE ALONG THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE SEGMENT Make another cut along the
membrane on the other side of one segment. This
should release the segment into the waiting bowl.
STEP 7: REPEAT Continue cutting along both sides
of each segment until all of them have been released.
STEP 8: JUICE Squeeze the remaining membranes
with your hands, or use a potato ricer, to extract any
remaining juice. To store citrus segments, keep them in
a sealed container in their juice.
STEP 9: DRAIN AND USE Before using the citrus
segments, drain away the juice and reserve it for
another use, such as mixing into the dressing or
drinking alongside the salad. Cut the segments into
smaller pieces, if desired