It arrived today, and is a thoroughly sturdy little beast, but nonetheless, it’s still looks refined and beautifully made.

I added a bit of butter and milk, stirred for a bit with a spoon, and they were perfectly lump-less, like I prefer my mashed potatoes to be.Ideal for shepherd's pie, cottage pie, fish pie, colcannon, potato croquettes, classic mash and more.

More efficient than conventional potato presses or ricers, it has a patented dual gear-mechanism to increase the pressing power and it remains comfortable in the hand when squeezing. 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. The larger gauge ideal for people who like their mashed potatoes to be a lil chunky, while the medium gage works well for a gnocchi dough or for pouring batter through for spaetzle. We went with unpeeled potatoes because we thought the best ricer would be one that’s strong enough to allow the cook to bypass the peeler entirely. Bellemain's potato ricer comes with three interchangeable disc options that make it easy to grate up various foods, including baby food, dense root vegetables, and fruit purées.Size matters if you have lots of people to feed as you will only be able to put a few vegetables through at a time. Potato mashers require a methodical press and twist motion to mash up potatoes for a silky consistency. Annoyingly, the ricer tends to come apart as it is only slotted together, a design fault that for some reason, has never changed.