How to Quarter Strawberries Quickly
5mWhen prepping small fruits and vegetables, it can save you a lot of time by grouping them cleverly and slicing in one motion. This works great for strawberries, but it also illustrates a way of thinking about prep that can be applied to a lot of repetitive kitchen tasks.
What you will need
Fresh Strawberries
(Nutritional facts 3 calories, 0.03 g fat, 0.92 g carbohydrates, 0.08 g protein, undefined mg cholesterol, 0 mg sodium)How to cook
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Before getting to work, rinse off your strawberries and let them drain. Transfer to a cutting board.
2
Slice off the stem end of each strawberry and set it on it's cut face. You want to remove all of the stem and leave a flat surface, but you don't want to waste much of the strawberry.
3
Arrange the stemless strawberries in an even grid, grouping roughly by size.
4
With a long chef's knife, simply slice through the center of each column, dividing each strawberry in the column in half. Try not to let the halves separate or tip over.
5
Now you can slice in the opposite direction, through each row of strawberries.
6
This little trick may seem silly at first, but when you're working with a lot of strawberries, being methodical like this can save a lot of time.
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