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Garlic press naked and hard!
You take the garlic clove in your hands. You pull the skin. Look at him lying there vulnerable and ready. What to do now?
You have a couple of options – an approach that is old and low tech, the other hip a bit more and higher technology.
You can cut with a knife or use one of the many types of garlic presses. The first and natural question is – are garlic presses necessary? Well it all depends on a couple of factors. First, comfort is guaranteed by a knife and if their skills or lack of it less likely to take a knife. Secondly, are you school does not believe in the possession of single-purpose tool for the kitchen.
If you do not feel comfortable with a knife, then yes garlic presses are useful and convenient.
However, if you are a staunch supporter of non-standard single-purpose tool, then maybe this is not for you.
I can go either way here. While I am not opposed to maintaining the equipment in the kitchen to a minimum, there are times when a tool is only useful purpose.
First, I want to cover the easy it is to mince garlic with a knife and then cover presses. With a knife to cut the garlic is old solution to chop, chop, chop, and garlic smashed against a pasta. For more chopped or sliced garlic, then a knife is your first choice. The size of the desired end result is the main factor.
To begin, simply remove the skin and cause the nail is a lie as flat as possible, even if it means cutting into the first half. Now make several cuts along. For slices, then that's it. A chop – cut transversely to desired size pieces.
As with many foods, the smallest of the dice or mince, the extraction of flavor occurs first. So if you are cooking something that is cooked for a long time, like a tomato sauce, would like given that a large. This is, of course, all dependent on individual tastes. Some people prefer a little stronger more bitter punch of garlic while others prefer a softer touch.
As for the knife they use to cut the garlic, which depends on the amount of garlic is chopped finely and how to be. If one is chopping teeth or a slice or two, then a cut or a knife can be used. However, if one is cutting teeth of many, or going for a much smaller since you may want either a kitchen knife or a Santoku knife style.
It would be wrong if I forget to mention mezzaluna blade can also be used for or cutting hairs.
The sheet mezzaluna generally uses a wooden table with a bowl-shaped impression carved on one side.
Chopping garlic, just put the garlic flat as possible on the cutting board and break with the broad side of a knife (if not using a mezzaluna) and then quickly begin to bite with logging / rocking motion.
For me this is the fastest way to do it, but then I feel comfortable with a knife and I'm probably and the knife anyway. And it's one less thing to clean up.
You can also use the flat part of a larger sheet to make a paste quick garlic for use in marinades or salad dressings. To make this paste, crush the garlic with the flat of the blade. Then, using a dragging motion to continue pounding and destroying the garlic back and forth on the board as a press or a scraper board until the desired consistency.
A good knife and a wooden cutting board are all one have to prepare garlic. Also prove to be the least expensive way to prepare the garlic, as most already have a knife in the kitchen. It is also one less thing to store immediately if space is a problem.
So without further ado, let's talk presses. What is the main objective? The main aim is to pressure a tooth (s) through the device to produce a state-like hash. Some, like Mr. Alton Brown, the machines that crush the garlic into reality in a way unpleasant. Similar to what others say potato ricers do to potatoes. Never the less, a "bite" is the end result.
A garlic press is composed of two long-handled hinged at the top. One of the handles has one end in a basket with holes where you put the garlic. The handle has a flat end other fixed or free-rolling (piston) that fit into the basket and press the garlic into the holes.
Most come with a piece of plastic designed to fit into the basket with caps matching holes to help push the remaining garlic in the basket. It is useful to have.
Presses come in different materials. Some are of tough plastic some stainless steel and other metal casting, coated to prevent odors and stains. The key is the hinge strength. In general, the volume of the basket is the same size, but all will vary slightly.
Before going further, I would say that this tool is dependent on personal hand strength. If you have any form of arthritis or other disease that makes you weak grip or hand, then the force you are using a garlic press hard. However, one company makes a counter which pushes down with body weight compared with the grip. It may still be too difficult to use, depending on the degree of discomfort in the joints.
To use a press is pretty easy. Put the tooth (s) in the final basket of the game until the piston and tighten two together and press the garlic into the bowl of capture. Some like garlic to scrape off the plunger, others like to leave it out. As to whether a fight or not, depends on you, presses are designed to operate either way. I tend to skin the teeth for the first time as I want all the garlic in the food. You may notice a little garlic in fact the release of garlic juice before coming through the press. This is not something to worry and some consider it a great benefit.
For the sake of longevity, rinse the press as soon as possible after use. If you wait too long to solve the problem, the remaining garlic and the juice will be more difficult to clean.
This can cause long term problems.
There are several companies that make garlic presses, some of you know that some may not you. They come in different price ranges and not all the stores of each brand. We listed all manufacturers or products here, only those with whom I am familiar.
If you become a frequent visitor here, you will find I do not want to enter ratings and recommendations.
However, based solely on product construction, quality materials and above hinge strength, there are some I like more than others. You generally find that these machines work better and last longer than others.
I find the brand Rosler be very good, easy to use. The most expensive of the bunch, but has a very strong all stainless steel body, from the movement and is easy to clean. After that I like Zyliss, which has a very strong hinge, solid die-cast that will last a long time and presses with ease. If I had to choose one third option would be to press Kuhn Rikon. Some have said it was possible to pinch fingers, but the careful use should prevent this problem.
After those three, others fall into the same general class. They work quite well and serve their purposes, but probably not last as long. There is a product that the two presses and a separate Shopping "Slices." Cut and press combination of housework AMCO has added versatility with dual function.
The alligator works well for garlic, similar to the Cuisipro, is a press body weight compared with grip strength.
About the only friend I'm not drawing styles are Genius Chef'n Garlic and. The extra effort to provide the same basic result does not seem necessary, but are also much more difficult to clean.
In most garlic presses work as expected.
If you want to know where to buy in your area, contact the manufacturer or local shop kitchen items.
"Traditional" garlic press:
Rosler Garlic Press
Zyliss Jumbo Garlic Press
Sushi Zyliss Garlic Press
Kuhn Rikon Epicurean Garlic Press
OXO Good Grips garlic press
OXO Good Grips I-Series Garlic Press
Cuisipro Countertop Garlic Press
Amco Professional Garlic Presser / Slicer
"Nontraditional" Presses:
Genius USA Garlic Cutter
Chef'n Garlic Machine
Alligator Mini Cutter / Garlic Press
Other products they can also "chop" garlic, but will be part of another article. These products have the ability to cut food other than just garlic. Stay tuned.
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