How To Core an Apple

  • June 5, 2009
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Making apple pie? Need a quick snack? Learn the fastest and simplest way to remove the core.

You Will Need

  • An apple
  • A paring knife or apple corer
  • A melon baller or spoon (optional)
How To Core an Apple: Cut the core

Step 1: Cut the core

Center the corer over the apple’s stem end, pierce the apple, and push the corer all the way through. If you don’t have a corer, push a paring knife through the apple and cut around the core.

If you don’t need to keep the apple whole, cut the apple in half and remove the core from each half using a melon baller or a spoon.

How To Core an Apple: Remove the core

Step 2: Remove the core

Pull out the corer, which will take the apple core with it. If you used a paring knife, remove it and push the core through the bottom of the apple with your fingers.

How To Core an Apple: Clean out remaining core

Step 3: Clean out remaining core

Turn the apple over and remove any excess core from the bottom.

The only apple that is native to North America is the crabapple. Most apple varieties originated in Asia.

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