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🇵🇷 CHEF EJ

Chef Edgardo José Verdejo (Chef EJ)

Chef EJ Makes Pasteles Masa with Grandma Ann's

Chef Edgardo José Verdejo, known as Chef EJ, shares Puerto Rican cooking with his community. His cookbooks, Puerto Rico Food Recipes Part 1 and Part 2, bring the flavors and dishes he loves into home kitchens.

In his pasteles demonstration, Chef EJ uses Grandma Ann's Electric Grater to prepare fresh ingredients for masa. Watch how he grates, then keep the recipe and seasonings your own family loves.

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WHY TEXTURE MATTERS

Authentic Pasteles Texture — Without Hours of Hand Grating

Grandma Ann's grates green bananas, yautía, yuca/cassava, calabaza and plantains into the grated texture traditional masa depends on. It grates rather than blends, so you're not turning your ingredients into a smooth blender puree.

REGULAR BLADE INCLUDED

For Pasteles, Start With the Regular Blade

The Regular Grating Blade comes with every Grandma Ann's Electric Grater and is our preferred blade for traditional pasteles and alcapurrias masa.

The optional Fine Grating Blade creates a finer texture and can be useful for foods such as fresh coconut, but it can make cassava finer than we generally recommend for traditional pasteles masa.

SAVE THE HAND WORK

Minutes, Not Hours

Large family batches that once meant hand grating ingredient after ingredient can be prepared in minutes with Grandma Ann's.

Made for the Ingredients in Your Masa

  • Fresh green bananas used in traditional Puerto Rican pasteles masa Green Bananas
  • Fresh yautía root cut open to show the interior Yautía
  • Fresh yuca cassava roots cut open to show the white interior, used in pasteles masa Yuca / Cassava
  • Fresh calabaza squash cut open to show its orange flesh, an ingredient used in traditional pasteles masa Calabaza
  • Fresh plantains prepared for grating Plantains

Grate each ingredient separately, then combine them according to your family's recipe.

How to Get the Perfect Grate

Simple technique. Authentic grated texture.

Step 1: Start with a generous piece when using Grandma Ann's Electric Grater, showing green bananas, yautía, yuca, calabaza, plantains, potatoes, coconut and horseradish. Click to enlarge Tap to enlarge
Step 2: Stack and push ingredients through Grandma Ann's Electric Grater to keep food moving against the grating blade. Click to enlarge Tap to enlarge

A Small Remnant Is Normal

A small remnant can remain because the pusher stops just above the grating drum for safety — especially with irregularly shaped foods. The Stack & Push technique helps minimize it.

Easy to Clean. Backed by Our Family.

Dishwasher-safe bowl, blade and hopper. A 1-year warranty. And real support from the Grandma Ann's family if you ever need help.

Useful Long After Pasteles Season

  • Potatoes
  • Fresh Coconut
  • Horseradish
  • Hard Cheeses

Shop with Chef EJ's Code

Use Chef EJ's existing code when you shop the standard Grandma Ann's Electric Grater.

Code: CHEFEJ

What You're Getting

  • Grandma Ann's Electric Grater
  • Regular Grating Blade — INCLUDED
  • Stainless Steel Bowl
  • Hopper / Pusher Assembly
  • Choose your voltage: USA & Canada (110-120V) or International (220-240V)

1/2 HP motor

The electric machine grates and shreds. It does not slice.

Grandma Ann's Electric Grater with tropical roots and plantains in a bright kitchen.

Grandma Ann's Electric Grater

$479.00 USD
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