The grinder is relatively quiet-about the same as a food processor and quieter than a coffee grinder-but it was still loud enough to perturb my cat. I gave the stand mixer the rest of the night off. This seemingly small adjustment made a big difference speed wise, but it still took about 40 minutes total to grind 1 1/2 pounds of farro flour. But I didn’t have all night: I bumped the knob over to the third-finest setting and let it run again. (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.
KITCHENAID SLICER SHREDDER REVIEWS MANUAL
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 KitchenAid Fresh Prep Slicer/Shredder Attachment has become an indispensable tool in my kitchen. 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. This review was collected as part of a promotion.
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.
0 kommentar(er)
