This $15 cutting tool from Italy helps chop ingredients with ease.
Others use a mortar and pestle, molcajete, or similar tool that grinds and collects.
What Is a Mezzaluna?
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A mezzaluna is a knife used for chopping.
Handles of two or three inches each project from the halfmoon’s tips.
The handles are often plastic and easy to grip, sometimes with finger molds.
A mezzaluna can have one, two, or three blades between its handles.
The blade faces down, and its curve bumps out (convex).
Repeat this motion until the rocking of the blade’s curve reduces the onion or lettuce to pieces.
The longer you use this tool, the finer the cuts.
High-end, multi-handled mezzalunas cost more than $100, but there’s no need to spend that much.
you’re free to find a great-performing one for less than $15.
When you opt to use a mezzaluna, you’re opting to save serious time and have fun.
Uses
What’s more, the blade serves several practical purposes.
Have Fun!
No, you don’thaveto move your hips while using a mezzaluna, but why not?
Using one is about embracing fun in the kitchen.
Most importantly, it brings fun back to cooking, and that alone makes it worthwhile.
