Microplane 4-Sided Box Grater

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All of the graters we looked at are dishwasher-safe, but Cuisipro recommends hand washing its graters. We liked that option since zest tends to cling to the back of grating surfaces, and this made it easier to scrape off every bit. The graters are small, medium, and ribbon, but there’s no large grating surface—which makes sense since this is rather petite. Additionally, a good mandolin will offer a number of blade positions so that you can cut your ingredients to the thickness that you prefer. After years of working in restaurant kitchens, she turned to writing to share her passion for local, organic, and seasonal ingredients with home cooks and food enthusiasts.

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These graters have multiple grating surfaces: medium and large holes, tiny holes or bumps that make the kind of powdery cheese gratings you would shake out of a green canister, and a slicer, which is like a fixed-width mandoline. IC Integrity Chef Pro Citrus Zester: This rasp-style grater looked and felt similar to the Zulay grater but with slightly fewer teeth. The grater also has a rounded, slightly padded handle, so it was comfortable to hold onto during our tests. Its acid etched teeth are a similar size to those of the Microplane and are ever-so slightly more raised, allowing it to bite into crisp ingredients more efficiently than any others we tested. These holes protrude out from the side of the grater, catching food in their wide holes and forcing them over the cutting surface.

That makes it ideal for hard products, like potatoes and carrots, and it was also one of the fastest graters when it came to working with soft cheeses.

Elite Box Grater :: Microplane

If you agree and you're looking for a grater that only utilizes coarse holes, this one might fit that bill.Five different, ultra-sharp, photo- etched blades - made in USA –in a traditional four-sided design, allows you a diverse range of grating options. An innovative and functional design combined with the renowned Microplane ultra sharp grating blades. Its teeth slice right through ginger fibers as easily as the Cuisipro, and can also get to the last bit of cheese on a rind. The peeler on the side is a doddle to use, and both the slicer and grater are sharp and effective – allowing for smooth movements and no resistance. It did just fine with mozzarella, but it had a narrow surface area that slowed us down and was all but impossible to grate on the finer sides.

Box Grater :: Microplane

The Cuisipro’s smallest holes have sharp, fine teeth that cut smoothly through lemon rinds, nutmeg berries, and hard cheeses better than the competition. Etching uses a chemical process to corrode thinner, more flexible sheets of metal, creating very sharp, fine teeth that catch and shave off pieces of food.We noticed that whatever food we were grating glided very smoothly over the plate instead of stopping or stuttering like it did on many of the other graters. Comfortable: A grater’s handle should feel comfortable to grip and not be too unwieldy to hold onto for an extended period of time. Does it feel sturdy, or does it slip, bend, or easily dent when met with a veggie or block of cheese that's harder than expected? The Cuisipro Surface Glide Technology 4-Sided Boxed Grater has ultra-sharp etched teeth that grated and shredded with ease. This example above illustrates the typical cost of using PayPal Credit as a standard funding method.

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Mandolin slicers often come with more than one style of blade, so that you can make crinkled cuts or smooth cuts, depending on what aesthetic (or howe much dip) you're going for with a particular food.Grating Hard Cheese Test: We grated one-and-half ounces of Parmesan cheese to see how long each rasp-style grater took to do so and what the resulting texture of the cheese was like. And, possibly worse, food would get caught in or stuck on the grater's teeth, needing more force to run them across the blade. A sharp grater is much more efficient than a dull one, making the process of grating less of a struggle.