Apples are one of nature’s greatest accomplishments; sweet, tart, and super convenient as a snack or a light breakfast. However, one thing that can be a bit annoying when dealing with apples is just how to actually cut them into enjoyable pieces.
You could obviously just eat them as they are, but there is just something so satisfying about being able to enjoy your apple in convenient little slices.
So instead of buying those pre-sliced apple pieces for exorbitant prices at the store, why not learn how to cut an apple like a true chef instead?
How Can I Use My Homemade Cut Apples?
Homemade cut apples are the perfect little snack, either as a pick-me-up during the day or as part of a lunch.
You could also use your properly cut slices of apples in all sorts of recipes like apple pie to create an even, more consistent layer of apples.
What Kind Of Special Equipment Do I Need To Cut Apples?
Cutting an apple is as simple as gripping the fruit firmly and slicing the apple slices off, but if you wanted to get really fancy, you could absolutely use an apple corer if that was what you preferred.
Ingredients
1 apple
How to Cut an Apple Like a True Chef
Step 1 – Wash and dry your apples, making sure to remove any blemishes.
Step 2 – Hold your apples standing up on your kitchen countertop, locate the apple core, and slice downwards with a sharp knife just to the side of the apple core, slicing off one side of the apple.
Step 3 – Rotate the apple, and slice the exact same way, leaving you with two cut sides and two uncut sides.
Step 4 – Cut off the uncut sides in the same way, shaving as close as possible to the core.
Alternatively, if you want to avoid waste and get as much flesh as possible off of the apple.
Step 5 – Slice your apple completely in half, straight through the core, and lay the apple cut-side down on your cutting board.
Step 6 – Cut your apple halves in half again, and then turn them upside up.
Step 7 – Using a sharp paring knife, cut the sliver of the apple core off of your apple quarter, leaving you with a perfectly sliced apple wedge without any seeds or thick stems.
Troubleshooting Tips
• One problem you might run into when slicing an apple off of its core is that bits of the apple core seem to want to cling to the apple slices, no matter how hard you try to get them off. These little tendrils of apple core are surprisingly unpleasant to bite into, so if you run into this, try and cut off the little pieces of apple core using your sharp knife.
• Another issue with cutting apple slices is the tendency of apple seeds to want to catch themselves on your apple slices, breaking apart and leaving traces of the apple seed on every slice you cut. The best way to avoid this happening is to just make sure you don’t cut too close to the apple core when you are cutting your slices. However, if the seeds do come off, just make sure to pick them off so that you don’t accidentally eat them!
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Nutritional Facts
For the health-conscious out there, here are the nutritional details for 1 cut apple.
Calories: 116
Total Fat: 0.4 grams
Saturated Fat: 0 grams
Cholesterol: 0 milligrams
Sodium: 2 milligrams
Total Carbohydrates: 30.8 grams
Dietary Fiber: 5.4 grams
Sugars: 23.2 grams
Protein: 0.6 gram
Potassium: 239 milligrams
FAQs
This method of preparing apple slices and cutting apples will work with basically any kind of apple you can imagine, so don’t feel like you need to hunt down a particular type of apple.
In fact, this same method will work with any kind of hand fruit, such as pears or even oranges! The key is to just not get the center part of the fruit in your slices.
After cutting your apple slices, you should be left with a rectangular core that has a little bit of apple flesh still on it, but mostly just apple seeds and strands of apple core.
You could absolutely just throw the whole apple core away, ideally in the compost, but you could also snack on it a little bit first! The leftover flesh is a great chef snack, but you could also use the whole core as an ingredient in something like jam! Just crush up the apple core into pieces and cook it down in some water to make some apple-flavored pectin, perfect for using to make homemade jam!
This method of preparing apples leaves you with skin-on apple slices, but you could absolutely peel your apple first if you wanted to.
By far the easiest way to peel apples is to use a dedicated peeler, but you could also use a small, sharp paring knife to peel the slices first.
Just place your sharp knife against the top of the apple, peeling the skin off in one smooth motion as you push it down the apple, and remove the skin!
Make sure to do this before you cut off the slices, though! It is almost impossible to de-skin already-cut slices of apple.
How to Cut an Apple Like a True Chef
Ingredients
1 apple
Instructions
Step 1 – Wash and dry your apples, making sure to remove any blemishes.
Step 2 – Hold your apples standing up on your kitchen countertop, locate the apple core, and slice downwards with a sharp knife just to the side of the apple core, slicing off one side of the apple.
Step 3 – Rotate the apple, and slice the exact same way, leaving you with two cut sides and two uncut sides.
Step 4 – Cut off the uncut sides in the same way, shaving as close as possible to the core.
Alternatively, if you want to avoid waste and get as much flesh as possible off of the apple.
Step 5 – Slice your apple completely in half, straight through the core, and lay the apple cut-side down on your cutting board.
Step 6 – Cut your apple halves in half again, and then turn them upside up.
Step 7 – Using a sharp paring knife, cut the sliver of the apple core off of your apple quarter, leaving you with a perfectly sliced apple wedge without any seeds or thick stems.
Nutrition Facts
- Serving Size: 1
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