tips & tricks: stone fruit pits

now technically, this group of fruits are called drupes. but i knew if wrote that in the title all but one person would not know what i was talking about. but basically, drupes or stone fruit are fruit that have a pit. so here are two simple ways to easily remove the pit. 

first, find the butt of your fruit. you can find it by starting at the top enter of the fruit where it was plucked from the tree. then look for the little indentation that looks almost like a seam. 

using a sharp knife, slice the fruit starting at the seam and working your way around the whole pit. being careful not to slice through the pit. 

once you have cut all along the outside of the fruit, take one side of the slices in each hand and twist them away from each other to release the fruit. gently pull them apart. 

now if you need the fruit whole, use the tip of your knife or your finger to dig out the little edge of the pit (be careful it is sharp). 

once you have released the edge, you can wiggle your finger under there and wiggle it out. 

discard your pit and use the fruit as desired. 

if you know that you need the fruit sliced, there is an even easier way to remove the pit. flip over the side that still has the pit in it. carefully slice the fruit into the desired size pieces. 

gently pull the slices away from the pit and bam! fresh fruit slices sans pit. 

xo, a