Carving a Pepper

Peppers; Sweet Red, Green, Yellow or orange. Here is my unique approach to “Carving a pepper"*. It may seem cumbersome, but I assure you, do it a couple of times and you won’t go back to your old ways.

First wash the pepper, then take a paring knife and cut as close to the green “flower" stem as you can. You only need to go in 1/2 inch. Now turn the pepper over so the bottom is facing you. You should see either three or four lobes coming out from the center. Take your paring knife, starting in the center and follow the depressed rib that form the lobes and cut all the way up to the circle you cut earlier. Do the same with each depressed area making either 3 or 4 cuts. Now you should be able to peel each section off leaving the core attached to the last section.

Now again take your paring knife and slice the “white rib” off the sections. You will note there isn’t any in the center of the sections. Peel out the core and wash again. Now just cut in strips or pieces as needed.

* NOTE: I’m assuming you Don’t plan to stuff or use them whole or as half’s.