Multi-Purpose 3-in-1 Vegetable Slicer Stainless Steel Grater Peeler suit for Home Kitchen Vegetables Cheese Lemon Shredder Tool

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Extra functions: we looked for graters that were collapsible or had handy extras, like clever storage capacity. A grater is a true kitchen essential that’s often overlooked, but obvious in its absence when needed. By the way, graters make great Christmas gifts for foodies, so why not check out what else you might want to get them once you've chosen the best grater?

Grater, Kitchen Craft Multifunctional Stainless Steel Cheese Grater, Kitchen Craft

As well as a side with nice big, sharp holes for coarse grating things like cheese, courgettes and carrots, there’s also a finer side for grating ingredients like parmesan and ginger, and a slice function to cut single slices of ingredients like cheese, cucumber, carrot and radish. The best cheese grater will have sharp stainless steel blades and will enable to you lightly press cheese against the blades and require a relatively effortless up and down motion. For anyone who loves a pop of colour, this swatch of four stackable graters from the Colourworks collection comes strung on a sturdy but removable loop, so can be hung among other utensils for convenience if your draws are busy. Its blades are incredibly sharp, which made light work of hard vegetables like carrots – thankfully it comes with a reusable blade cover to keep fingers safe when delving into kitchen draws.On its own, this is a practical bit of kit for transforming cheese and vegetables into small, slim curls thanks to its sharply etched square notches. Those who cook with a lot of fresh ginger will know the faff often involved with peeling, slicing and grating.

Multifunctional Grater – idearock 4 in 1 Multifunctional Grater – idearock

It can handle other ingredients like cheese and veggies too, but only modest quantities as the surface area is much smaller than a standard grater. You want sharp notches that won’t tear or shred the ingredient, and asks for minimal effort on your part. We found it worked particularly well with courgettes, although if you’re looking to grate in bulk, a wider grater would be more efficient.

With a rubber bottom and handle, the risk of a slip up is greatly reduced, which means nails and finger tips should stay intact.

Fackelmann Universal Multi-Functional Grater, Tinplate

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. Aside from being prism shaped, it performs exactly the same as an ordinary box grater but because of its bigger base you can be super organised. Alternatively, for removing the zest off larger items such as limes, or if you want to microplane cheese you can use the device without the container, which makes this grater completely multi-functional. Its two-way blades shred hard cheeses into thin strands and do the same with carrot, forming little nests that resemble slim spaghetti.

A fine, medium, coarse and slice grater is included in the set; all of which are sharp and have a rubber foot to help protect your chopping board. When it comes to nifty kitchen utensils and gadgets, a good quality cheese grater may not be top of your list of exciting new purchases to make.

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The zester could be finer, but didn’t take any pith from below the lemon’s zest, which can be bitter. With the added bonus of the box base which catches your grated food, this is a pretty nifty kitchen item. If you find yourself forcing your block of cheese through your grater only to create a mush on one side and heavy, chunky strips of cheese on the other side, you may well benefit from an upgrade. Secondly, the patented design has been optimised to allow you to grate even the largest of quantities as efficiently as possible.

For example, if you want to prepare enough cheese for the week’s worth of sandwiches ahead, simply grate away then remove the container and pop it straight into the fridge. The addition of a box, which attaches onto the base, is a great feature for mess-free grating or if you want to save the ingredients to use at a later date. So, other than ease of use and that sharpness of the blade, what else should you be thinking about when looking for the perfect grater?