We love our cheese plane so much that we just bought a second one, in case it breaks or they stop making them.
Here it is "posing," after shaving off curls of Pecorino Pepato. While many people grate this cheese, we love eating these paper thin slices as part of a cheese course.
Recently our friend Annie asked what we use to cut cheese and that sent us on a new search for a duplicate of our favorite cheese slicer. We found a few versions available:
The Norpro BS3A Stainless Steel Cheese Plane Slicer is just like the one we've had for years. We sent Annie the link but happily, when she saw it, she remembered having one of these stored away. We have had many guests ask about the one we use, so we ordered another. It will make a great gift or just serve as a second one for when we have a number of cheeses to serve.
If we need a pile of grated cheese, we have a many, many years old ZYLISS Classic Rotary Cheese Grater
If we only need a sprinkle of cheese, we use the microplane we reach for many times a week for zesting and grating tasks.
For us, these three cheese tools increase our enjoyment of the special cheeses we love. With our afternoon apples, we'll often use the cheese plane to add some shavings of cheddar to the plate. Cheddar and apples are a great match!
And, Penny has used it to pile cheese on bread to make grilled cheese. So, while this may be a uni-tasker, it is a busy one!
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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino
