melon baller
Parisian scoop

You may want to use a melon baller to get out all the hard parts and make the hole a bit larger.

With a melon baller scoop out the center of each potato.

Inevitably, after a few years, she put the melon baller back in the drawer for good.

Rinse a 1-inch melon baller or a measuring teaspoon in hot water.

Some classic uses for the melon baller are worthy of revival.

If you haven't got a melon baller, chop the apple into small cubes.

No matter what shape or size the melon baller is, success depends almost entirely on technique.

The melon baller is one of the few tools that manufacturers seem to have mastered.

He found a melon baller and expertly removed the cores.

Spread open the inner leaves and use a melon baller to scoop out the choke in the center.

Using a melon baller or teaspoon, scoop out the centres, leaving a 'base' for the cups.

Place your melon baller on the outside of the pumpkin, push it into the meat, twist and withdraw.

Meanwhile, using a melon baller, make as many balls as possible from the 3 whole apples.

Look, here's the complimentary melon baller they gave me!"

Using a melon baller, press into the turnip and scoop out...

The watermelon basket was just the trendy kind of 1970's dish that gave the melon baller a bad name.

Using a melon baller or a teaspoon, quickly form the chocolate mixture into eight truffle-sized balls.

Peel the apples and, using a melon baller, cut balls from the apples.

Repeat with remaining chocolate, rinsing melon baller with hot water each time.

With a small melon baller, scoop out and discard the seeds and pulp.

Make melon balls using a melon baller or teaspoon.

Core the apples with a melon baller, making a good-size cavity to hold the cranberries.

Meanwhile, peel the pears, halve them and cut out the core (a melon baller does this best).

Using a melon baller, carefully hollow out the center of each potato half, creating small bowls with sides about 1/4 inch thick.

Slice the pears lengthways and scoop out the core (a melon baller is good for this).

I use a Parisian scoop or melon baller for this dish, but you can also just dice the apple if you prefer.