![]() (Admittedly, farro is a pretty hard grain I suspect that something like oats would have ground up more quickly.) That said, the flour was beautiful: uniform and incredibly fine. I turned the machine off to give it a break and ward off overheating. Reader, it took ten minutes to grind about a half cup of farro. Versatility rating: Multitasker Good for: The very occasional juicerīecause I was going to use this flour to make pasta, I started the mill at the finest setting, poured my farro into the hopper (it held about a pound of it), and let it rip (you run it at the stand mixer’s highest speed). If you’re really into juice, you should probably get one of those. I’m not convinced, with all the various pieces, that this is more space-efficient than a separate appliance, and it’s certainly not as powerful as a dedicated juicer. Was this my user error or the machine? I’m not sure. Looking through the manual for guidance, I found a note advising that the spout should be pushed in (“open”) for low-pulp juices this helped, but the juice was still pretty pulpy. I did this, and it caused a clog so major I had to stop midway through juicing, disassemble, clean, and reassemble before continuing. The quick-start manual tells you to pull the juicer’s pulp spout out before juicing this is, somewhat counterintuitively, the “closed” position (pushing the spout in is “open”). That’s sort of where the efficiency stopped, unfortunately: The blade seemed to struggle with the combination of textures I fed it-leafy, fibrous, and long celery dense and fibrous ginger juicy, skin-on apple and super-ripe, pulpy pineapple. The juicer attachment (which you can also use for making apple or tomato sauce) comes in a big box, and unpacking it, you’ll find as I did that there are lots of bits and pieces: basket inserts for your preferred pulp level, a two-in-one plunger system for pushing your fruit down the feed tube, an auger/blade combo that breaks up fruit and grinds it against your chosen basket insert, pitchers for catching juice and pulp… It was all a little intimidating coming out of the box, but it assembled efficiently and compactly. It will give you yet another reason to love your KitchenAid Mixer.This might have been the attachment I was most excited to try-I love a fancy juice, and there’s something so appealing about making one at home. ![]() From grating cheese in bulk for mac and cheese to shredding potatoes for homemade hashbrowns to slicing cucumbers for pickles and more, there are so many ways this attachment can come in handy in your kitchen. After just one use, I was already brainstorming how many other ways we could use the attachment. In addition to a fine shredder blade and a coarse shredder blade, the set also includes a blade for slicing fruits and vegetables. Once we were done shredding the cheese, I found myself wishing we had more cheese to shred so I could watch it work its magic once more, which was certainly never the case when shredding cheese by hand. Plus, the blades are dishwasher safe on the top shelf, so cleanup was just as easy. We were done shredding all of the cheese needed just a few minutes after taking the attachment out of the box. You simply insert the attachment into the power hub, choose the blade you'd like to use, and feed the cheese through the top of the shredder with the included food pusher. It can shred a whole block of cheese in just a few seconds, majorly cutting down the prep time needed to make a Thanksgiving-sized batch of homemade mac and cheese. ![]() It only took us a few minutes to realize that the Kitchenaid Shredder and Slicer Attachment is truly the MVP of homemade mac and cheese. I bought it for my mom as a Christmas gift last year but let her unwrap it a few days early so we could test it out while making the mac and cheese. That is, until the KitchenAid Fresh Prep Slicer/Shredder Attachment entered the kitchen. Since the slow cooker does most of the work, shredding the many pounds of cheese required was the most time-intensive part of the recipe. ![]() As of a few years ago, my mom has been making homemade macaroni and cheese in the slow cooker for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other occasions throughout the year. ![]()
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