Kitchens and gadgets go together like bread and butter, you simply cannot have one without the other. However every year it seems like another hundred are announced, and it can become tricky to decide what gadgets you actually need, and what you could maybe do without. From Good Grips to Zyliss, here are our top 5 must have gadgets for your kitchen drawer…
Best Kitchen Gadget 1: Potato Ricer
Want super smooth mashed potatoes? Then you need a potato ricer. It works like a giant garlic press; cooked, peeled potatoes go in and smooth mash comes out. The best are stainless steel, like this one from Good Grips, which are more durable than the cheaper chrome plated options.
Best Kitchen Gadget 2: Garlic Press
Crushed garlic tastes different to chopped garlic, as more flavour is released. So if you are looking for the perfect aioli, this is the best gadget for you. The garlic press from Zyliss has a five year guarantee, and doesn’t even need you to peel the garlic clove first, making it extra practical!
Best Kitchen Gadget 3: Can Opener
Obvious and boring, but true. No kitchen can function without a can opener, it is one of the most necessary of kitchen gadgets. We find the best to be the locking can opener from Zyliss, as the locking function means it can’t ‘skip’ off the can, as some others do.
Best Kitchen Gadget 4: Microplane Grater
Every kitchen needs a grater, but the Microplane isn’t any old grater. Utilising laser etched blades, a Microplane will quickly and evenly grate anything, from ginger and garlic, to parmesan, carrots, even cabbage for coleslaw! Available in 4 different finishes you are guaranteed the best results, time and again
Best Kitchen Gadget 5: Mortar and Pestle
A classic gadget, with a hundred uses. This version from Le Creuset is both attractive, and useful. For curries, salad dressing and steak seasonings, a mortar and pestle will allow you to create imaginative recipes, time and time again. For the best results, seek out top quality ingredients for your culinary adventures!
Nina,
Manager
Pots and Pans, St Andrews.
