Kitchen Utensils

Utensil
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Spirelli

Use this fancy tool to turn zucchini into spaghetti, or process cucumber.

Although you can buy zucchini spaghetti in the supermarket these days, it is much more satisfying to "spaghetize" your zucchini yourself.

Spirelli is a brand name, but it is the generic article I should really refer to. If I only knew what to call it: a spiral cutter, maybe?

My spiral cutter has two ends with different blades. One cuts finer than the other. The firmer the vegetable, the smaller you can generally cut it. So I cut cucumber and zucchini with the coarser blade, and carrot with the finer blade.