What's the best kind of cheese grater to get?
Microplane.
Use it for garlic and for zesting fruits as well
the gratest one you can afford
One that grates great cheese
South Italian/Barese-style grater, preferably with two plates, one for hard cheese like most stravecchio types, and one for firm cheese, like Gruyère and cheddar. And with at least six side holes on the plate. This one looks to have only two.
The pic shows the plate for hard cheeses on it. The one I own has that plate and one for firm cheese.
The cheese rapist™
>>7576180
2nding microplane.
>>7576212
Undergrated post
One that isn't a fucking box, because you can't clean those properly.
>>7577127
You're kidding, right? Soap, water, and a normal dish brush work fine. Does does simply putting it into the dishwasher.
>>7577134
>>7577127
Alternately (and I know this is gonna catch flack from some of you) let it sit out a day or two before cleaning. This way, cheese stuck in its grooves will dry out and shrink a bit, falling out on its own/more easily, making it easier to wash. I don't eat grated cheese every day or even every other day, so this works perfectly fine for me.
>>7576178
microplane
![U929_zoom[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/shEjzfQ.jpg "U929_zoom[1].jpg")
>>7577255
Microplane makes a cheese grater, but it honestly kind of sucks.
Only good thing about the design is that the back side slides out so you can use it like a classic microplane and also easily clean the inside of the box.
People suggesting a microplane as a cheese grater have no idea what they're talking about.
This.
Hands down one of the best kitchen purchases I've ever made. I use it for just about everything, but it makes seriously short work of grating any quantity of cheese.
>>7577325
Damn, if I knew robot coupe had a cheese grater attachment I would have tried convincing the manager to order us one. The prep cooks waste so much time shredding pounds of cheese on a shitty little box grater its ridiculous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RR9qgdQLDY
>>7576178
We use pic related for most cheese (not hard cheese) in the UK.
Do you get graters like these elsewhere in the world?
>>7577255
>a microplane is only good for hard cheeses, it just clogs with something like cheddar
They come in different "coarsnesses" anon. The coarse one is great for soft cheese. Pic related.
>>7577278
Agreed the "box" type they make is kinda crappy.
>>7577309
I process veg with mine all the time. Soft veggies dont hold up unless you sharpen the edges. The only thing mine won't handle is tomatoes - those just turn to mush.
But for potatoes, cucumbers or peppers? Shreds them just like cheese.
And actually, the real question is how does one grate real mozzarella? Nothing cuts it, it just rolls into a mushy mess.
>>7577349
I just saw that your cranked grater is a different variety than mine, so that must be why you can do more with yours than I can do.
>mozzarella turns mushy
Even in Italy, there are two varieties of mozzarella: fresh (IE wet) and dry (IE for slicing/grating and pizza making). You can't run the fresh stuff through any sort of grater, but dry works just fine in my boxy-type grater.
>>7577341
Looks like an ovular version of >>7576975
>>7577341
>We use pic related for most cheese in the UK.
wew lad
I've never used one and I've grated all kinds of cheese (not just hard cheese)
>>7577376
Ok???? Fascinating
>>7577341
>An Ikea grater..
>>7577337
most food processors have a grater attachment
>>7576178
pic related..this is what we use, Its called a cheese grater.
>>7577349
we partially freeze soft cheese first. then grate it.
shredded brie smells so good, mozza smells like mildew
One like this. It's flat so it doesn't take up much storage space, is easy to use, and has multiple options depending on what you need.
>>7578478
>most food processors have a grater attachment
Makes sense. It's just that I've worked in a handful of kitchens and the Robot Coupe was always just the Robot Coupe.
>>7578485
For some reason I was the only one to come up with the obvious idea of putting the goat cheese in the freezer for 15-20 minutes before breaking it up to put on salads. Before that they were serving giant clumps that were all stuck together and looked obviously manhandled.
>>7578503
That looks terribly inconvenient.
How do you even use the slicer in the middle without mangling your shit on the other two sides?
>>7578514
I don't. I'd prefer it without the slicer because I have no use for a slicer.
>>7578521
>blade on the slicer runs in the opposite direction
Makes more sense.
>>7576178
Don't get a huge one like I did. I thought it would be awesome, but it's a bitch to clean lol
