How to Core and Seed Tomatoes
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Yesterday, I showed you how to peel tomatoes. Today, let’s look at how to core and seed tomatoes. It’s a skill you’ll need, if you want to make your own salsa or tomato sauce.
Let’s get started!
How to Core and Seed Tomatoes
Total Time:
10 mins
What You Do:
Cut around the stem of a peeled tomato, angling your knife in at a 45 degree angle as you cut.
Then, use your fingers to pop out the stem and the core.
Now, turn the tomato on its side, and cut it in half.
Scoop out the seeds and any remaining core (the white part). You can use a spoon to do this, but I find it’s faster to use my fingers. Don’t worry about getting every last seed out, if a few get left behind, it won’t hurt anything.
And that’s all there is to coring and seeding a tomato. Repeat the process with the rest of your tomatoes. Then, get busy making tasty things, like salsa, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes or stewed tomatoes.
coring with a knife is ok, but as a past prep cook let me suggest that you get a tomato shark. It is basically a tiny spoon with serrated edges that can be used to scoop the core right out, usually without disturbing the seed chambers. Your recipe is similar to mine, but thanks for posting. The more people with skills we have the better!
Would a food mill work?
A food mill will work to core and seed tomatoes for some recipes (like sauce or paste), but it won’t work if you’re canning a tomato product like whole peeled tomatoes or diced tomatoes, since you want the tomatoes to be intact.