It is a weak, (it bends as you use it), useless thing, whereas the Chef'n Force ricer, with its geared handle, presses the spuds through with ease. The real benefit of this product is the soft silicone on the handle, which allows a really good grip for ease of use. Banish lumps and make perfect mashed potatoes without hand cramps, using the FreshForce Potato Ricer. The Fresh Force is slightly heavier than the other ricers, but it's easy to use and makes excellent purées.

As the ricer comes under a lot of pressure, it needs to be robust and sturdy to stand up to the rigours of pressing and cleaning. Epicurious may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Ideal for shepherd's pie, cottage pie, fish pie, colcannon, potato croquettes, classic mash and more.But, unless you have a super-powerful dishwasher, don’t plan on a dirty hopper coming out perfectly clean. When I pushed the lever down, I was shocked by how little force I had to use to push the potato through. We looked at the sturdiness and quality of each ricer by pressing cooked potatoes, carrots, celeriac and parsnips through the ricers.

If you’re thinking that you already have enough gadgets in your kitchen and you don’t want to add another one, think again.People who’ve committed the cardinal sin of mashing potatoes with a hand mixer will be especially familiar with what happens when you over-beat potatoes: Restraint is key, and a potato ricer delivers. DO NOT make the same mistake that I did, this ricer that is linked is total rubbish, whereas the one that this review is for is great. This is my first ricer so perhaps I was expecting too much - I made gnocchi but found it a bit messy to insert potatoes in the cup - cup is rather small and the disc that presses down does not allow you to insert a large quantity of potato. It wasn’t an awkward motion or hard to keep a grip on, either, even though I’m notorious for having the worst hand strength in the world.

Use it to make shepherd’s pie, pierogis, colcannon, potato croquettes, mashed potatoes, sweet potato mash and more – the results are so creamy you can forgo butter and milk. Use it to make shepherd’s pie, pierogis, colcannon, potato croquettes, mashed potatoes, sweet potato mash, and more – the results are so creamy you can forgo butter and milk.As opposed to the traditional potato masher that requires way more force and time, this tool works like a garlic press — you pop the boiled potato pieces into the cup after lifting up the white press piece (I’m sure there’s a better name for that). Not negotiable if you want silky smooth mash; works a treat for those on a banting diet to make great cauli-mash. If you can mash cooked potatoes into the perfect consistency with a standard potato masher, a gourmand’s food mill (no thanks) or dare we say. years later, we still enjoy silky smooth potato mash, skirly mirly (potatoes with parsnips, turnips and carrot, salt, pepper and a good dose of butter - not marg! The only reason I have not given it 5 stars is, I have my doubts about the durability of the actual Plunger head, (the part that pushes the spud through the stainless steel grid).

Unlike any other potato ricer we tried the Oxo good grips adjustable potato ricer allows adjustments to the size of the ricer holes without fiddling around with removable plates. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.It also cleans like a dream, but you do need to clean it straight away rather than leaving it overnight I think. Still, you might be compelled to dismiss a potato ricer as one of those dreaded, bulky mono-tasking gadgets that take up precious drawer real estate from more practical kitchen utensils.