The grater is not only used for cheese and surely you will have already used it in different ways than the more traditional one, for example to reduce other foods to flakes or for creative recycling.
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La grater it is not only used for cheese and surely you will have already used it in different ways than the more traditional one, for example to reduce other foods to flakes or for creative recycling.
You are sure that you already know all the possible uses of the grater in kitchen and in 'self? You will discover that the grater can be useful when you least expect it, especially when you want to prepare something good and original to bring to the table.
Here are 10 things you can do with a very common grater.
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Citrus peels for desserts
With yours organic citrus - oranges and lemons in particular - you can prepare peel with which to enrich the preparation of cakes, biscuits and plumcakes directly in the dough or with which to garnish creams, ice creams and other preparations. Just use the grater and that's it.
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Homemade breadcrumbs
If you need a small amount of bread crumbs to enrich a dish to be baked au gratin or to season pasta, just toast a slice of bread in the oven or in a pan and then grate the amount you need. Your homemade breadcrumbs are ready.
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Chocolate chips for garnish
If you have a tablet of dark chocolateand you won't need to buy chocolate chips to fill or garnish your desserts. Just grate a few pieces of chocolate. The advice is to keep it in the refrigerator for a while before grating it.
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Grated carrots as a side dish and for desserts
One of the simplest ways to prepare a side dish with raw carrots is to grate them and then simply season them with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. With the grated carrots you can also prepare delicious cakes to serve at breakfast or as a snack.
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Grate the fresh ginger
Grate it fresh ginger makes it much easier to use it in the kitchen as a condiment. The advice is to peel the ginger well with a knife to remove the woody peel and be able to grate it more easily.
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Grate the fresh turmeric
You are in doubt about the possible uses of the fresh turmeric? You can grate it and use it as a condiment just like ginger, for example to enrich your salads or before pouring it into the blender to make a smoothie or puree.
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Grate the cinnamon
If you want to get some cinnamon powder From one cinnamon stick you can grate it. In this case it is more convenient to use a rather small grater with thin holes. Cinnamon powder will be perfect as a natural ingredient to flavor your desserts. After grating the cinnamon, if you want to obtain smaller granules from the flakes, use a coffee grinder.
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Old grater as a pencil holder
If you have an old grater that you no longer need to use in the kitchen, you can turn it into a portamatite or in a container for children's crayons thanks to creative recycling.
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Creative recycling of wax crayons
A grater is very useful for the creative recycling of wax crayons worn out as you can still use the fragments to decorate, color and even paint, as we explain in the ideas for creatively reusing old crayons.
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Flake soap and liquid soap
Have you prepared the soap at home or do you have a good natural soap available? Then you can grate your solid soap to obtain soap in flakes or, possibly, to transform it into liquid soap. This ploy is very useful for hand washing and cleaning.
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Marta Albè
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