How to Cut and Core Cabbage

Step 1

Method #1: Cut the core out before halving the cabbage. Thisis how to core cabbage for cabbage rolls, because the whole leave is used forrolling. If the cabbage is halved before coring, then the whole leaf won’t be therefor stuffing.To core the cabbage this way, use a sharp chef’s knife. Make deep, angled cuts around the core, pulling it out like a plug. Usually four cuts around will do it, but keep cutting into your cut marks if the core is stubborn,to loosen it.

Step 2

Method #2: Cut the core out after cutting the cabbage in half. The core is easier to cut out once the cabbage is cut in half straight down through the core. But that cut takes some muscle, with a sharp knife and steady hand, to push down through the core from the top of the cabbage.To core cabbage this way, use a sharp chef’s knife. Hold the cabbage with the core facing down on a cutting board. Cut through the cabbage from the top to the bottom, sawing as needed to get through the dense leaves and the hard core. Once halved, the core will be visible. Cut around the core in two cuts on an angle, one on each side of the core. Keep pushing the tip of your knife into these cuts to loosen the core until it pulls out.

Step 3

Cut the cabbage into halves and if you like, into quarters, then slice crosswise with a large, sharp chef’s knife into shreds. Cabbage halves can also be cut crosswise without quartering first for longer shreds, or cut in half lengthwise after cutting the whole half crosswise.