Prepare the surface
Use a little cold water for garlic, ginger, roots, and vegetables. Keep the grater dry for hard cheese, spice, nuts, and chocolate.
How it works
Fresh ingredients. A few simple motions. So much flavor.
Watch the full demonstration, then use the guide below to get the best texture from garlic, fibrous roots, dry ingredients, and softer foods.
The essentials
Three steps to a fine, fresh grate.
Choose the motion
Move garlic in any comfortable direction. For fibrous ingredients such as ginger, work back and forth across the ceramic surface.
Gather the flavor
Use the brush to lift paste or pulp from the ridges, or build a dip or dressing directly in the ceramic piece.
Garlic
Silky paste in seconds
Loosen the skin with a garlic peeler, lightly moisten the grater, and hold the clove by its root end. Grate until your fingers approach the root, then discard the remaining end.
Roots & vegetables
Let the ridges do the work
Moisten the surface for ginger, turmeric, carrot, jalapeno, horseradish, radish, and similar ingredients. A steady back-and-forth stroke works especially well for fibrous roots.
Cheese, spice & chocolate
Keep it dry
Hold the grater upright over your plate or recipe and grate until you have the amount you need. Gravity carries fine shavings straight into the dish.
Softer ingredients
Chill first
A brief chill or freeze can make citrus, softer chocolate, banana, and other tender foods easier to grate cleanly.
Try it with
A versatile helper for the whole kitchen.
Hard & medium cheese
Parmesan, Asiago, and other grateable cheeses.
Nuts, seeds & spices
Nutmeg, cinnamon, walnuts, almonds, coconut, and pumpkin seeds.
Roots, fruit & vegetables
Ginger, turmeric, carrot, onion, shallot, radish, apple, pear, strawberry, cucumber, and pineapple.
Finishing ingredients
Citrus zest, chilled chocolate, and other small touches that brighten the final dish.
Care
Easy cleanup, ready for next time.
Use the brush to clear the ridges, then wash with warm, soapy water or place the ceramic piece on the top rack of the dishwasher.