How To Remove The Stalk From Cabbage

Author: Mark Velov Time for reading: ~2 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

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Cabbage is an ingredient in many dishes: salads, casseroles, cabbage rolls, first and second courses. Cabbage is boiled, stewed, baked, stuffed.

How to cut a stalk from a cabbage

Cabbage is an ingredient in many dishes: salads, casseroles, cabbage rolls, first and second courses. Cabbage is boiled, stewed, baked, stuffed.

Most recipes call for removing the stalk from the cabbage before cooking it. Removing the stalk from the cabbage often shortens the cooking time of the entire dish and also makes it easier to cut the rest of the cabbage.

There are several ways to remove the stalk from cabbage. Everything will depend on the form in which you need cabbage for subsequent work. Removing the stalk from whole cabbages is somewhat different than removing the stalk from halves or even quarters of cabbage. In any case, this work is not very time-consuming and you can do it pretty quickly.

Recipes with the ingredient white cabbage

Option 1

halves

Option 2

whole

Ingredients:

White cabbage

We will need:

Knife
Board kitchen

How to remove the stalk from cabbage halves step by step instructions with a photo

Step 1

For work, we need cabbage, a knife, a kitchen board.

Step 2

Rinse the cabbage. If necessary, remove the top leaves.

Step 3

Cut off the stalk of cabbage that is below the bottom of the head.

Step 4

Cut the cabbage in half from top to bottom so that the cut runs along the middle of the stalk.

Step 5

Make an incision downward, at an angle along one side of the stalk.

Step 6

Make a similar cut on the other side. The result should be a V-shaped cut.

Step 7

Remove the stalk. The cabbage is ready to go.

Ingredients:

White cabbage

We will need:

Knife
Fork
Board kitchen

How to remove the stalk from a whole cabbage step by step instructions with a photo

Step 1

For work, we need white cabbage, a knife, a fork, a kitchen board.

Step 2

Rinse the cabbage. If there is such a need, remove the upper leaves from the cabbage.

Step 3

Cut off the stem that is below the bottom edge of the head.

Step 4

Insert a fork into the middle of the stalk. The plug must be inserted securely.

Step 5

Holding a fork with your left hand, with your right hand, using a smooth, sharp knife, cut downward at an inward angle towards the center of the cabbage.