Step 1

Wash the tomato

Step 2

Using a 4-5 inch blade paring knife (very sharp), point the blade beside the stem and cut down into the center of the tomato from the top stem area. Cut in a funnel shape around the stem.

Step 3

When you have cut all the way around the stem, pull the center out. This is the core. It is white and hard.

Step 4

Look down into the center of the tomato and see if you were able to cut out all of this white area.