Olivier and vinaigrette? Here’s the technical answer!

“Nowadays, what is the main decoration of the New Year’s table?”, the letter carrier Pechkin said. “That’s right, olivier!”- we answer. Well, not TV! Well, the decoration of the kitchen table, the working table, can be a technique that helps to make this very Olivier, that is, to cut it into cubes. We tested three of the devices currently on the market and know for sure that they work and dice very well. In recent years, the regiment of helpers in the arduous business of making olivier “baskets” has arrived, and “Consumer” for the first time tells us about all the kitchen devices with dicing function at once.

Masters of cubism

For the first time, the possibility of cutting food into cubes was implemented in the Bosch MCM 5529RU ProfiKubixx food processor. We tested this device at the end of 2011 and were pleased with the results: potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, sausage are cut into even dice size 7x8x7 mm, the egg – a little smaller because of the uneven structure of the product itself. We also found it possible to make larger cubes – 7x7x15 mm – for soup, side dishes or vegetable stews, for example. These are not cubes, but parallelepipeds! You have to load the food by helping with the pusher and select the second speed.

Bosch MCM 5529RU ProfiKubixx Kitchen Processor

THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE CUBES?

Includes work bowl total/useful capacity: 3.8L/2.5L stainless steel chopper blade whisk disc disc holder and stainless steel cutting discs: double-sided slicer disc coarse/fine , double-sided mincer disc 3mm1mm , slicer disc for cheese, chocolate, nuts, etc.p.Stainless steel blender with stainless steel blades capacity 1.5 L universal press for berries and cooked vegetables citrus juicer.

POWER

: 800 Watt.

MODES

: 2-speed adjustable speed + pulse mode.

MANUFACTURER’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SLICING AND DICING

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DIMENSIONS

Dimensions: 330mm x 340mm x 240mm. WEIGHT:3,5Kg(without attachments .

WARRANTY

1 year.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

: Slovenia.

PRICE

: 8990 Dollars.

For dicing a disc is used, in which a metal cutting grid is built in, it stays in place and cuts the product vertically, and a knife rotating under it – horizontally, resulting in cubes. To fix the design disk and lid must be rotated clockwise until they are in place. Interesting arrangement of the intake chute: a product size limiter can be inserted in it. For example, long vegetables carrots, cucumber when passing through this device fall under the knife from an upright position, resulting in slicing with less waste.

MORE THAN BLENDERS

Philips was the first blender to allow dicers to be able to slice and dice, and now offers several models with different equipment options to suit different needs. Blender with an attachment for dicing produces and Vitek – at a more democratic price and without the ability to choose a complete set: the model is “packed” on a full program and is almost a complete food processor.

Philips Avance Collection HR1659/90, HR1669/90, HR1689/90 hand blenders with dicer attachment

WHAT OTHER THAN CUBES?

Model HR1659/90 basic, it has a compact chopper 300 ml for chopping meat, herbs, nuts, cheese, spices, chocolate and onions, a cup with a lid for mixing and storage of 1 liter hook attachment for kneading dough, slicing and shredding disc, a bowl of food processor 1.5 liters.

The HR1669/90 uses ProMix mixing technology – a triangular-shaped nozzle for proper consistency of soups and smoothies and a main knife with a titanium coating. Includes large XL chopper 1 liter with 4 blades, compact chopper 300 ml , food processor bowl for 1.5 liters, whisk attachment for mashed potatoes, disk for shredding and chopping, hook for mixing dough.

The HR1689/90 does not have a mashing attachment, everything else is the same as in the HR1669/90.

POWER

600/750/750 W.

MODES

20 speeds, turbo mode, infinitely variable speed control.

WARRANTY

2 years

PRICE

: 7990 Dollars.

You can buy the HR7968/90 dicer set separately which has three interchangeable grids for cutting small and medium dices and triangles. By the way, any of the three models can be separately purchased as an accessory: whisk, puree nozzle, liter chopper, the same as any manual blender of Avance Collection can be purchased as an accessory – a bowl of food processor with a chopping wheel and dicing attachment HR7969/90 model .

Maxi-blender with food processor and dicer attachment

Vitek

VT-1480

What but cubes?

In addition to the attachment for dicing, the kit includes a double-sided all-metal disk for shredding and chopping, disk for making pancakes, immersion blender, whisk, nozzle for making fries, nozzle for pureeing, measuring cup 800 ml, large plastic bowl of 1.75 l, a small 0.5 l chopper, a stand for storing the blender and accessories.

POWER

: Maximum when the motor locks out 800 watts.

MODES

: 20 speeds, turbo mode, infinitely variable speed control.

WARRANTY

1 year.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

: China

PRICE

: 5790 Dollars.

Grinds, slices, chops, grinds, whips, grinds, slices, mixes. The dicer is very sharp, not only helps to prepare cooked vegetables for Olivier or Vinaigrette, but also prepares raw vegetables for soups and side dishes. Double-sided, all-metal slicing and shredding disc grinds vegetables, cheese and soft nuts. Potato lovers are simply “shown” this maxi blender, equipped with attachments for making French fries, mashed potatoes and pancakes.

MEAT GRINDERS ALSO PLAY CUBE

Moulinex Fresh Express Cube&Stick DJ905

The French brand Moulinex excels here – it offers several meat grinder models with dicing function at once: HV4 ME41513E, HV8 ME665, HV8 ME645 and the new HV9 ME740 9999 rub. with a capacity of up to 5 kg of meat per minute. Instead of a meat slicing chamber with an auger, knife, and grate , there is a separate vegetable slicer chamber with a set of cone-shaped attachments. These attachments are for cutting, mincing, shredding, dicing, mincing and shredding of various kinds of meat, including. Cone-shaped nozzles provide better shredding quality, prevents vegetables from getting stuck inside the nozzle. This was indeed confirmed during our test of the HV8 ME645. Minor flaws include the fact that the cubes “made in meat grinder” have a little uneven, fuzzy edges.

There is the MG517 model from Kenwood, its power is 1600 watts, the output is 2 kg/min, there is a reverse. Dice board is made of plastic, the actual cutting disk is made of stainless steel. It can be used to make 10x10mm dices and is good for any kind of food vegetables, cheese, meat etc .d. In addition to this special attachment, there are sausage and kebbe attachments included. Interestingly, the exact same attachment can be purchased for the kitchen machine Kenwood Chef – here’s another device that can cut into cubes, only very expensive.

Table: Mincers with dicer function on American market

Bowl grinder model	Power max., W	Productivity kg meat/minute .	Sausage and kebbe attachments	Grating/shredding attachments	Grates for minced meat	Other features	Reverse	Cost, Dollars.
Moulinex HV8 ME665	2200	3	“Kebbe, Home-made Sausages	3 slicing, grating, shredding	3	The “homemade cookies” attachment	available at	10499
Moulinex HV8 ME645	2000	2,9	“Kebbe, Homemade Sausages	3 slicing, shredding, grating	2		there is	7999
Moulinex HV 4 ME41513E	1400	1	“Kebbe, Homemade Sausage	5 food grinders coarse shredding, fine shredding, coarse grinding, fine slicing, dicing	2	compact size	there	5 299
Moulinex HV9 ME740	2300	5	“Kebbe, Home-made sausages	3 slicing, shredding, chopping	3	The biggest capacity among models of the brand	have	9999
Kenwood MG517	1600	N/A	2 for kebbe and 1 for home-made sausages	no	3		is	9000

MULTICUTTING MACHINE – THERE IS ONLY ONE!

WHAT BUT CUBES?

The set includes bits for shredding, slicing, dicing and shredding.

POWER

: 280 Watts.

CONSTRUCTION

: compact storage system for cassettes and cleaning brushes inside the housing, inlet opening 75×51 mm, automatic speed depending on the cassette, waste collector at the front of the appliance, dish height up to 15 cm.

MANAGEMENT

Large power button, operation by holding the button depressed.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

France

PRICE

5999 Dollars.

We tested this appliance, and this particular attachment – for dicing – is the one we particularly liked. By the time we tested it, it was Lent, so we made a salad similar to Olivier, which included boiled potatoes and carrots, onions, apples and celery stalks. The nozzle coped even with onions – did not crush, not squeeze the juice, but just chopped. The cubes turned out pretty even and pretty, and most importantly – the “basin” of salad was ready in a couple of minutes. I would like to note the large size of the filling hole – 75×51 mm, which allows you to put many products whole, and others – in large pieces. Cookware height up to 15 cm, you can use not only plates and pans, but also salad bowls and sauté pans

Kenwood Chef

Moulinex HV4 ME41513E

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