How to Remove Stems on Strawberries
- 1). Place the strawberries in a colander and rinse them under cool water. Remove and discard any crushed, bruised or otherwise damaged berries.
- 2). Gather leaves up and around the stem, revealing the stem base. Hold the strawberry in your weaker hand once you gather the leaves away from the berry.
- 3). Push the point of a paring knife into the strawberry at the base of the stem. Angle the blade slightly as you push it in, so the tip angles underneath the stem section.
- 4). Cut around the stem, keeping the knife angled as you do so. Cut until you have made a circle around the entire stem.
- 5). Lift the strawberry stem out of the berry. When cut at the right angle, the tough core is attached to the stem, forming a cone shape at the base of the stem.
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