On 12/24/2013 8:33 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> "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 can buy pricey motorized hard cheese graters for hundreds of
> dollars but for home use at the price you can't beat this:
> http://www.amazon.com/Microplane-400...+cheese+grater
>
>
I prefer:
http://www.amazon.com/Zyliss-11370-C...+cheese+grater