How To Cut Stone Fruit

This post comes personally recommended by Mario Batali himself!  Learn how to prep stone cut fruit and then show off your new skills with Vanilla Gelato with Peaches in Balsamic Vinegar.  Yum!

Stone fruits {like apricots, peaches, & plums} are wonderfully sweet and juicy, but they can be tricky to cut up without damaging the delicate flesh.  In the video below, Meredith Kurtzman, pastry chef extraordinaire at Otto, demonstrates how to cut open and de-pit these guys and still keep them intact, whether they're hard, soft or somewhere in between.

Watch How To: Cut Stone Fruit