Food Graters are essential tools in any kitchen, be it graters in a big restaurant or graters for kitchen | Sweetalyfood to use in our own homes. They are essential for functions as different as shaving off slivers of zest from citrus peel for flavoring or finely grating chocolate to garnish desserts.
Types of Food Graters
Box graters are the most common graters for kitchen use: oblong shaped, with four different surfaces for fine grating, coarse grating, shredding, and slicing. They are sturdy, reliable, and versatile, and even professional chefs commonly use them.
Microplane graters (or rasp graters) consist of a long, thin, stainless-steel blade attached to a handle or grip. They make it easy to grate very finely, with minimal effort and are especially successful when it comes to achieving a uniform texture.
Although rotary graters can vary in design, they all feature a rotating drum with different types of sharp blades for different types of grating and chopping. Rotary graters are designed to be comfortable for chefs to hold and use for extended periods and not to slip.
In home kitchens, one of the most common uses of graters is grating cheese. Everybody loves pizza, and these days, there are so many easy-to-make pizza crust recipes available that it’s never been easier to make your own pizza at home. The ABS and INOX parmesan grater from Sweetalyfood is one of the best cheese graters around – perfect for your pizza topping needs.
Cheese Grating
Cheeses like gouda, cheddar, and Swiss are classified as semi-hard. Because they are rather pliable, these cheeses often crumble or break when you try to grate them. But if you put them in the freezer about 30 minutes before shredding, they’ll have just enough time to get partially frozen and will be much easier to grate!
With hard cheeses, such as Grana Padano or Parmesan, grating may become easier if you wrap the cheese in a very slightly damp cheesecloth or paper towel, place it inside a zip-lock bag, and store it in a humid place (such as the cheese drawer of the fridge). After as little as one hour, the cheese could be soft/damp enough to be grated more easily – or it could take as much as 24 hours.
Because grating cheese can sometimes be tricky (when the cheese is too hard or too soft, or when the grated cheese makes a mess on the counter), many people buy cheese ready shredded. But this practice can be risky! Shredded cheese usually contains the controversial additives like potato starch, powdered cellulose, and natamycin.
These ingredients can be harmful – but on the other hand, if you grate your own cheese, you can be confident that there are no added ingredients at all, which is much safer!
Conclusion
Making your own food is so much more satisfying than buying ready-to-eat meals – and the right food graters are just as essential in your home kitchen as in any high-class restaurant.