To find the best tool for the job we rounded up 10 graters priced from 8 00 to 35 64.
America s test kitchen best zester. The best zesters will be made from super strong 18 10 stainless steel which stays sharper for longer and is more resistant to corrosion. Until oxo came along it seems little attention was paid to comfort. So we bought seven models priced from about 5 00 to about 20 00 and used them to zest and channel oranges lemons and limes. How we use your email address america s test kitchen will not sell rent or disclose your email address to third parties unless otherwise notified.
If you ll be zesting or grating other ingredients daily choose the best zester you can afford. We tested eight rasp style graters priced from 9 99 to 28 00 using them to zest lemons and grate parmesan cheese garlic nutmeg and ginger and evaluating their ease of use and the quality of the grated food. Get a bunch of test kitchen editors in a room and mention the m word and it s like asking a roomful of twenty somethings how they feel about girls we use our microplanes to grate ginger garlic. These tools encompassed a range of sizes shapes materials and grating styles.
Your email address is required to identify you for free access to content on the site. The best way to zest. Watch to see why we love our graters in the test kitchen. We wanted to know which zester channel knife combination tool would best allow us to cut long attractive pith free strips of zest from all sorts of citrus.
This is your basic citrus zester. To test their durability we ran the graters through the dishwasher 10 times and slid them in and out of a crowded utensil holder. It is 8 50 at williams sonoma stores. This little black kitchen tool doesn t take up a lot of room and in a world where kitchen gadgets can get so fancy and over the top i have to admire oxo for keeping things basic.
America s test kitchen is a real 2 500 square foot test kitchen located just outside of boston that is home to more than three dozen full. Zesters usually can t be sharpened so low quality stainless steel will dull quickly and won t be as effective. The zester is sharp and effective but not without a good amount of elbow grease. America s test kitchen features 15 000 square feet of kitchen space including multiple photography and video studios.
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