The main purpose of the meat grinder is the preparation of minced meat for homemade cutlets. A set of special accessories will expand the capabilities of your "home butcher" - with the help of a meat grinder you can cut vegetables, squeeze juices, mold dough, etc. With the help of a meat grinder, they prepare homemade stuffed cutlets using a kebbe attachment.
What are the disks for minced meat
There are 3 types of perforated minced meat discs:
- small holes: 3-3.5 mm;
- middle holes: 4.5-6 mm;
- large holes: 8-9 mm.
Each disc is designed to prepare a specific product. The softer the raw material for processing, the larger the holes. Large holes make minced meat similar in quality to minced meat, which is needed for dishes such as manti or khinkali.
Grinder attachments
In addition to standard discs, the meat grinder has the following accessories:
- The kebbe attachment is used to prepare an Arabian dish of kebbe - meat-stuffed cutlets. With the help of the "kebbe" attachment, tubes are obtained, which are stuffed with fillings, and then fried in a pan or baked in the oven.There are many ways to prepare this dish, but the "kebbe" attachment is useful in any case;
- vegetable cutter (shredder), with the help of which vegetables are cut into cubes, sticks and circles. Useful for making salads;
- vegetable grater - designed for grating vegetables and is a hollow stainless steel cylinder with holes. The kit includes several nozzles with holes of different diameters;
- sausage attachment - use it to cook sausage at home. It is a long tube, on the neck of which the intestine or a hollow tube is put on. When the meat grinder is working, the minced meat is fed into the tube, filling it;
- modeling nozzle - with its help, minced meat or dough is distributed in even portions. This is convenient for cooking cutlets - they come out in different shapes, and you won't get your hands dirty. This attachment also allows you to make cookies of different shapes from the dough;
You can look at the different types of attachments in the review below.
