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Benriner Slicer

By admin ⋅ January 3, 2009 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

The Benriner Slicer is an inexpensive piece of kitchen equipment that no chef should be without. Its sharp super high quality stainless steel blades provide a clean and sharp cut to any vegetable. It comes equipped with 4 different blades giving you the ability to slice in many various ways.The standard flat blade, which can be easily adjusted for thickness, cuts perfect slices. The benefit of the Benriner is that it makes very even slices very quickly. These slices can be used as-is, or may be further processed into professional-looking cuts (making julienne vegetables is a snap).

The fine toothed blade will help you create elegant vegetable garnishes for professional-looking meals. Great for carrots, radishes, or any other firm vegetable. The medium toothed blade is excellent for quick and easy uniform stir-fry pieces that will cook up very quickly. Suitable for nearly any vegetable — try onions, peppers, radishes, beets, zucchini, etc.

The coarse-toothed blade can make chunky and crisp cuts of vegetable or fruits. Great for potatoes, onions, radishes, cucumbers, carrots, apples, peaches, etc. The slicer also comes equipped with a safety device which comes in very handy when working with small pieces of produce (though this safety device tends to be lost quickly).

Pros:

• Very even slices for consistent results
• Very fast
• Small so it stores easily
• Durable
• Inexpensive

Cons:

• Watch your fingers! Easy to cut yourself if you don’t pay attention (or try to cut all the way to the nub of the vegetable). Comes with a safety, but I always lose it.
• May have to trim large items to fit on it
• You are moving your hand very quickly over a very sharp blade — this can be scary.