On 12/24/2013 9:56 PM, W wrote:
> What's the best way to flake off small pieces of a very hard cheese, like
> old parmesan? I have a great hand grinder for this that works well but is
> incredibly time consuming. For a large pizza it is a 15 minute workout. I
> tried to grind these in a nut processor and it just doesn't work well with
> large hard chunks. I tried the bottom blade in a food processor, and these
> don't work much better. Big chunks stick to the blade and never get
> pulverized. I'm thinking that maybe one of the special top attachments on
> a food processor would work, but would like to hear how others deal with
> this.
>
> This isn't a question about soft cheeses. I'm only dealing with very hard
> cheeses in some cases aged more than three years. Think hard and dense....
>

You need a good grater. I'd use either the fine side of a box grater or
the grating disk in the food processor. The FP will churn out a lot in
minutes.