Spyra-Gyra Spiral Slicer
Why we love it
Get creative and unleash your inner gourmet guru with the Spyra-Gyra vegetable spiral slicer. This handy appliance is so easy to use, easy to clean and wonderfully versatile. Use your Spyra-Gyra slicer to turn all sorts of fruits and veggies into attractive fluted shapes and ultra-thin “spaghetti style” ribbons – perfect for salads, stir-fries, coleslaw and decorative garnishes.
Description
This is a great way to add some flair to your favourite raw foods and vegan dishes, plus a clever, fun and tasty way to convince kids to eat their greens!
You can create a variety of different shapes and styles using your Spyra-Gyra slicer.
- Fluted vegetables: Beautiful fluted shapes for decorative veggies, raw or cooked.
- Shredding & slicing: Makes finely sliced salads and coleslaw in seconds.
- Veggie spaghetti: Turn hard vegetables like raw zucchini into funky spiral spaghetti your kids will love.
The Spyra-Gyra slices a huge variety of hard fruits and veggies into delicate, attractive spirals: baby marrow, carrot, daikon radish, potato or sweet potato, peeled and cored apples, beetroot, cucumber, butternut, Jerusalem artichokes, kohlrabi, parsnips, pumpkin or turnips!
Spyra-Gyra features:
- 3 stainless steel spaghetti blades: angel-hair (0.9 mm), linguine (2.4mm) & fettuccine (4 mm)
- A factory-fitted stainless steel flat flute blade for shredding & fluting
- Non-slip suction pads for safe and easy use
- Sturdy chrome handle
- Portable, ergonomic horizontal slicer design
- Biodegradable packaging
Spyra-Gyra blades are interchangeable and replaceable; the slicer is made using excellent quality, food grade materials. It’s easy to clean and easy to store – fuss-free and mess-free.
Recipe for Raw Vegan Coleslaw:
Ingredients:
For the coleslaw
- ½ head red cabbage
- ½ head white cabbage
- 2 bunches fresh flat leaf parsley
- 1 bunch kale
- 2 - 4 carrots
- 8 - 12 green spring onions
For the dressing
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup raw cashews (soaked for about 4 hours beforehand)
- A splash of of fresh lemon juice
- 4 cloves garlic
- A pinch of sea salt
Method:
- Slice the vegetables using your Spyra-Gyra, and toss together in a salad bowl.
- Mix the dressing ingredients in a high-speed blender and drizzle it over the vegetables.
- Enjoy tasty, crunchy raw coleslaw – an attractive side-dish for summertime dinner parties!
Directions
How to use your Spyra-Gyra:
- Cut both ends of your vegetable off at a clean 90° angle.
- Push one end of the vegetable onto the Pipe Blade.
- Holding the vegetable firmly, push the spikes of the rotating disk into the other end.
- Place your left-hand thumb onto the sticker labelled PUSH and simultaneously turn the blade clockwise.
A full instruction manual is included.