Home Bar Basics: How to Pull A Peel
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Ok so this seems like a no brainer really but there is an art to pulling very good citrus peels for twists. In this Video I share my method for pulling nice peels without cutting yourself. This video was done because someone asked me how I get such nice twists for the srinks I make and present, So I thought it might be good to share the method. Hope you guys find it useful.
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Really helpful for beginner bartenders, thank you. On the expectation of more great tutorials like this.
"Peeling a piece of fruit is kind of an art". You shall henceforth be known as "Leandro Da Vinci".
Good advice! A little trick I use is to slightly flatten the orange on the counter beforehand, right along where you're about to peel, which helps get a nice wide peel, specially with smaller oranges lemons and limes. It also reduces the amount of pith on the peel.
I'd also love a peeler with a slightly curved blade, get some perfect peels.
I'm so grateful someone finally made a tutorial for this. I feel like this isn't covered well-enough for home bartenders that don't have loads of fruit to go through to learn the basics. Have you found that citrus right out of the refrigerator is harder to peel? I mostly make drinks at home and so I keep almost all of the citrus in the fridge so I don't have to worry about them going bad as quickly.
Thank you so much! I have a mock bar test today at a new bar and peeling is something I've never really had to do before. I feel like a pro now. Thank you sooo much!
A Mr. Hankey reference while pulling peels? My day has been made and it’s 7:15 in the morning. Very nice guide for the newer folks of peels, great work.
Another very helpful tutorial Leandro!! If only this was available about 2 weeks ago before I took-out a slice of my fingertip and nail. Also, realizing the ripeness of the fruit is key.
Myk G ouch! Cannot tell you how many times I cut fingertips off with peelers! The!worst!
I watched this video just for that reason! I got one because Anders Erickson had one, sliced my finger, and then proceeded to look up "how to use a y peeler safely"!
Yes! I asked you about this awhile back on your Fair and Warmer video. Your peels always come out even and substantial. Need to get working on mine.
I always peel ‘top to bottom’ rather than around.. I get shorter peels but I use the orange a handful of times. Going around the fruit looks like it really limits the number of peels you can get off the orange to 1 or 2..?
Bar sustainability 👍
I can get four good peels off an regular size orange, then I juice it and use the spent husk to make Citrus Stock! Sustainability!
@@TheEducatedBarfly you're English teacher would be disappointed. ;)
@Dominick Jayce shush weirdo
@Chante Blansett shush weirdo
thanks for this... next time can you do a lemon? I've had too many accidents with a Y peeler so I usually just use a pairing knife which gets me a nice thick peel. I usually go back and trim the pith a bit with the knife. It takes a little longer but it comes out really nice.
Really great work to encourage the Newly coming bartenders all over the world.
Thanking you 👍🍺
Make some cocktails with Cocchi Americano soon! I have this bottle I've not been wanting to open because of a lack fo cocktails to use it in! ☺ great vid as always Leandro! Although I did know how to pull a peel properly, I enjoy that you extensively explain and show the basics and make them very available for anyone who want to create a home bar or learn about cocktail making! Basically learned more from your channel in less time than I learned going to a bartending school for 3 months.
Should've watched this before using my citrus peeler. Would've saved me a couple bandaids.
Every time you introduce yourself it kinda sounds like "Leon, the Demon Reaver," which is just badass. 😂🤘🏼
Tom Ryan My name is Leandro and I’m from South America where it’s q common name here, im curious about where he is and also I don’t understand his last name . 😂
It’s Demon Reaver, obviously. 😂
simple but helpful advice, thanks
My peeling is crappy. I found that very useful thanks!
I've been waiting for a tut on peels, thank you! Kinda hoped you'd use a lemon though, since they're harder to grip and give me the most trouble. Do you not suggest using a knife? I find the peel does release some oils before zesting.
I just use a knife and then filet the peel from the pith along the cutting board to get a nice thin garnish without any pith
nice video as always, but one tip. Bend a slight curve into the blade for easier, wider and less white pith peels
I'd love to see more home bar basic videos!
Thank you!!!
I believe I asked that question. Your peel game is awesome. I’ll try that technique this week. Also I’ll be in LA this weekend. I’ll make sure to stop by for a drink or three
Keenan Kelsey sweet I’m there Monday thru Wednesday 4-10
The Educated Barfly I was there just for the weekend. I'll be there for a longer stay this summer. I ended up going across the street from Cole's to Las Perlas.
Watching this 4 years later, because i chopped a chunk of my pinky off and have the most ptsd and will never recover:)
Your vids have a lot of a peel!
Never occurred to me to hold the blade or the end of the peel. Will try this next time!
For straightening out the edges, I use a knife every time - I'm as anal about this as you are about double straining. :P
Great tips, What about a spiral peel?
I need to get a peeler shaped that way. I have a peeler where the handle is lateral to the blade and I feel like it makes its difficult to control the peel.
Is that a Drink Kong t-shirt from Rome?
Thanks for this - the now-extinct tip of my pinkie would have appreciated me watching this about two weeks ago. :')
Ouch! I feel your pain!
Just sliced my nail bed and nail being an idiot lol. Thank you for making this vid!
yikes, hope it heals quickly
Nice work.
You spelled drinks wrong in your description FYI.. Good video though!!!!
What about making a twist? A horse's neck?
What peeler do you use or recommend?
We use a Mercer peeler, take a look at our Amazon shop www.amazon.com/shop/theeducatedbarfly
@@TheEducatedBarfly Thank you so much. My peels are pretty bad compared to yours.
SCP 049 peeling is an art and it takes practice to really get right
@@TheEducatedBarfly Yes I am getting better at it.
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I cur my finger ona peeler this past weekend :'(
Sorry hear that, but hopefully those days are mostly over :)
Maybe practice is needed... My peels are still shallow and sub-par.
just peeled my finger 2x... in a row. 2 different fingers.... I've got to be doing this wrong
be careful
He talks most of the video instead of showing
Too much yep and yep yep yep yep yep yep yep give it a break
Way to make a 45 second video into 6 minutes
It’s over 3 1/2 minutes or an hour and six minute video and you still haven’t showed us how to cut anything not gonna go any longer
Still annoys me SO much that you waste some much of the peel.
"I peel my finger all the time, here's how I do it."
Watched this after destroying my pinky finger with a brand new Y peeler on an "old" orange... thank you for this! Reassuring to know I'm not the only one
I too looked this up after wrecking my pinky right through the nail
My pinky is fine but my both hands are fucked like an old samurai
-Peeling an orange its a lot like a good marriage
-JUST PEEL THE DAMN ORANGE!
The title sounds like a Seinfeld sketch:
“Do you know how to pull a peel?”
“I’ve never pulled a peel”
“You’ve never peeled?”
“I’ve never pulled”
Yasss, finally!! Ha, great video. I've been nervous to hold and peel lately because the peeler slipped and sliced my finger pretty bad. Again great content!
Thanks for the video.
Although you took 3:12 mins to finally start peeling the orange ! Just cut the damn orange :)
Wow, so happy you did this one! Just sliced my pinky finger peeling an orange last week, so it feels like the universe is taking pity.
Anyone else nearly cut the top of their pinky off trying to get this shit right? Jesus, I'm still in pain and it was weeks ago.
be careful!
What do you do with all those peeled fruits, considering they are harder to squeeze neatly, I don’t like to eat oranges
I peeled my finger so bad one night peeling and orange with a straight peeler.....ended up in the er and had completely cut off my nailbed back to the second knuckle......learned to never do that again!
yikes. be careful
the exact same thing happened to me and i honestly never want to cut fruit again
I didn't realise until now how much I needed this video!! I use a knife half the time because I've cut myself too many times using a peeler hahaha thank you, Leandro!! I'm trying this out when I'm in the bar next!!
Mel Hack I couldn’t agree more! It looks like it should be easy but it really takes some experience and know how
Thank you. I'm making cocktails tonight and this was the exact tutorial I was looking for!
Wish I had know that safety procedure last Friday...
I wish I saw this before I peeled some of my finger nail off while peeling a lemon. And yes of course lemon got in the cut.
My knuckles send you their gratitude
I literally cut myself every time
Do you wash the oranges and if so how
I find this video very a-peeling
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Been waiting for this one!!!
Howdy ho!
This is such a simple concept and difficult task, I remember the first time trying to get a zest I had peeled off a small brittle thin circle of orange skin.
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Your peels have always made me jealous, so I went out and bought myself a Y-peeler last week. Promptly sliced my pinky the first time I used it. If only I'd waited a week for this video to come out...
Thanks for the video, now I know how to practice!
Shit, just read through the other comments, and I'm like, the 6th person to tell you that I just cut my pinky finger. Lots of us needed this, I guess.
I watched this video just for that reason! I got one because Anders Erickson had one, sliced my finger, and then proceeded to look up "how to use a y peeler safely"!
Here for the sliced finger club tees…I have an oxo y peeler and I still can’t figure out how to get more pith on my attempts! It is great for slicing fingers though 😂
Is there a reason no one talks about using a chefs knife to cut off peels? It seems much safer
Unless you’re very very controlled with the knife most times when you peel with a knife you get too much pith which will impart bitter flavors into the drink, the cut is usually very thick.
Do you have a recommendation on what type of orange to use for expressing oils into a cocktail? I picked up some Cara Cara this weekend for my Negroni and hardly got any pith/oils?? I'm thinking maybe trying Naval next time, what do you think?
Thank you! Really helpful video. And I appreciated the Mr. Hanky conclusion...
One thing I’ve learned is to peel the fruit above the drink.You lose about 30-40% of the zest just by peeling it
Please do a Hawaiian sunset! I know you’re not a big fan of vodka but neither am I and I’ve found this drink to be one of my favorites!
Helpful for people, this is the way I do it for the most part as well sometimes just use a knife.
Hope you all read this but is there any way you guys can do a short vid or something on pulling a citrus peel again? But specifically getting less or more pith?
Sometimes I see Leo doing a peel and gets minimal pith and other times gets great pith! I have an oxo peeler and for the life of me I can’t get anything more than very faint pith which makes expressing peels and garnishing impossible without obliterating it! 😢
Same issue here! There must be one more clue to getting a good peel. I’ve tried a highly rated Y peeler, a straight peeler, new oranges, older oranges, cold from fridge, room temp, lots of pressure and less, and so on many times. Same result every time: thin flimsy outer later only, no pith, which crumbles and releases no oil. What’s the secret? Leandro, any suggestions?
@@mrwte3 something I actually found was a better option, and prevents slicing your finger off, is a stainless steel cheese slicer. I get great pith and it doesn’t amputate my pinky…still can’t figure out how they get good pith on a Y peeler though 🤷🏼♀️ there are some videos on UA-cam that show them in use for peeling citrus. Best $10 I’ve invested in my bar so far
I know this is an old-ish post, but room temperature citrus, or citrus that’s been left in the fridge?
nice shirt!
Indigo Boy thanks! We make them they’re on our teespring store: teespring.com/new-drink-tee?aid=marketplace&tsmac=store&tsmic=the-educated-barfly#pid=46&cid=2745&sid=front
You didn't say how important a serrated peeler is!!!
Let's see this on a Lemon please. Especially a firm under ripe one!
My pinky finger thanks you immensely!
What an ending!
I find 90% of it is with the initial bite. If it I don't get it deep enough then no matter what happens the peel will be rubbish.
This method works! Many thanks.
That was actually pretty useful. I’ve come to realize that I’m using oranges that are too ripe, which give too soft a peel to properly express oil from.
It was me! I asked! :) Thanks
Thanks! Super useful!!
THANK YOU!!!
New bartender here - and I had to leave work and go to the ER because I injured myself with the peeler. So thanks for this!
be careful
for someone who only occasionally needs to peel an orange, do you put it in the fridge after, will it stay for a week or two, I hate to waste fruit
the left over orange? You can put it in the fridge, or even leave it outside. And you can juice it after you've pulled all the peels you need.
for someone who only occasionally needs to peel an orange, do you put it in the fridge after, will it stay for a week or two, I hate to waste fruit
I always juice it
I'm here because i litterally just peeled the tip off my finger + fingernail -.-
Ah man so sorry that happened. Happens to us all at one point or another this video was made after several fingernails were peeled off
I peeled a lemon for the first time and literally cut my nail in half. So now I'm watching this vid
Monk Bop I have cut the tips off every finger on my right hand over the years so I feel your pain. It’s why I made this video
6 minutes? I literally JUST taught my brother how to pull a peel in about 20 seconds (drinking Blacktail Cuba Libre's tonight).
My general school of thought: if you see any of the "flesh" of the fruit after you peel, you've gone too deep. But using any quality peeler should mitigate that. Leave bare bladed knives to the experts. Sometimes I use a knife at work (when some dilt misplaces or loses my peeler) and you can use the knife blade on a cutting board to carve the zest into interesting shapes. Makes a nice garnish.
What can I say, I'm very long winded! I was thinking about doing a video on the blacktail Rum n' Coke. Maybe I will! LOL
A 6 minute video on peeling an orange?
Well done Leondro. Lol. I remember being punished in school and part of that punishment was having to write about the life of a ping pong ball.
This video reminds me of that. Who is punishing you, leondro?
Lol
I'm punishing myself really. Jus want to be very very very thorough...
@@TheEducatedBarfly and how did you grow your hair so quick again? Lol
Daniel Levy the peanut butter solution
@@TheEducatedBarfly oh shit. A little Monsters reference. Hahaha