grating cheese: Has anyone used this machine to grate cheese?
1200787
Yes, I just used this to grate parmesean reggio cheese and it busted the plastic part that holds up the grating blade. The entire unit is ruined as I am afraid to use it to chop or shred as the plastic housing is now fractured and broken off.
347877
I'll try! My original classic grater seems to have been different than what is offered now. It had a reversible handle (so it was easier for lefties) and I'm pretty sure it had two barrels, however, it was new 10 or so years ago and I think I purchased it at a Pampered Chef party...perhaps they have a special design. It looks to me like the main difference between the classic and restaurant style offered on Amazon is the size of the hopper and the bulk of the plastic it is made from. I went with the restaurant style for exactly those two reasons...we like a lot of cheese AND we use it a lot. The original grater was great (pardon the pun) but the handle did eventually break. It's just a few dollars more and well worth it. In my experience they are only good for hard cheeses and chocolate...I think that is what they were designed for. One hint, if you are grating and there is still cheese in the hopper, but it seems like it's not working efficiently...open the hopper and turn the cheese over so it's grating against a flat edge instead of a rounded one and viola! it's cranking out the grated cheese like crazy. Let me know if you have any specific questions.
588233
I haven't tried it on soft cheese, but I don't think it would work very well because the opening is fairly small. I think it would make a mushy mess out of soft cheese, but it does a stellar job on the harder cheeses!
534705
I have, once. Haven' t quite figured out right temp/ cooking time. But I am happy to have bought a 6 inch, since most of time I only bake for 2 people. I'll soon try another cheese cake. Form cleans up niceley.
258279
its more of a slicer not a grater if you want thin strips of cheese it will work .. hope that helps .
1200786
If I recall, Cuisinart states not to use the grater blade for parmesean cheese. It is to hard. Use the chopping blade for it instead.
732391
You can chop or cut up cheese with it. And you can slice cheese with it. But, no it doesn't come with a cheese grater.
949786
Sorry never tried it on the soft cheese. Does ok on medium cheese not to hard.
1055534
I purchased it as a gift for my aunt, I believe it comes with 2 different size grating drums. One very fine and one that grates to a shredded cheese consistency. My personal opinion is that If you look at a food processor they sell discs that work well for grating. I have a food processor that can do many different things like puree, blend, make dough, grate and slice based on the attachment. They cost a bit more, but I cook for a living so I'd rather have 1 piece of equipment capable of doing many thing rather than cluttering space with one tool that does one thing. Hope this helps
1938146
I haven't tried that. I use my Cuisinart mixer shredder attachment for that. I wouldn't think the Breville would give you the result of nice shredded cheese. It is a blender afterall. And excellent for any and all blending.
2014077
I have never grate cheese in a food processor. However (and this is only a guess), if the cheese is hard, then I would try a fast pulse to see if that works. As long as it's hard cheese, it sounds as if quick pulses should work. I wouldn't try soft cheeses, however. I would guess that soft cheeses would be gummy and stick to the blades.
347878
I do enjoy using this cheese grater. It is one of the easiest to clean and shred. I would recommend this product.
197440
sorry don't know, never tried to shred cheese. Handy little food processor though.
1287697
I have not but would be interested in knowing how to make my own cheese from this milk. I use this milk to make my homemade yogurt thicker like Greek style yogurt.
2258832
I haven't tried it but I expect that it would gum up very quickly. I'd stick to the rotary mill type grater.
691414
I haven't ever had any issues. Nevertheless, to be sure, I just shredded sharp cheddar cheese with the fine attachment and had complete success.
515281
Hi. I haven't used it for cheese however if you use a hard cheese, I think it might work.