Transform your Ankarsrum Mixer into a Shredder – Kitchen Essentials

May 18, 2025 by

By Chef David

The Ankarsrum stand mixer is designed to be the only kitchen appliance you need. It can be transformed with the addition of accessories into a dicer, slicer, citrus presser, and blender that takes advantage of its powerful motor and belt drive. This dual functionality combines focused power with customized attachments that can revolutionize your food preparation process.

We enjoyed using our Ankarsrum mixer for making dough and were excited to try its other functionality. Which can eliminate kitchen clutter by reducing the number of single-use machines you need to have.

Go Green – Eat Healthier

Go Green removes the fuss and bother from preparing citrus and vegetables. The package includes a citrus press, a blender, and a vegetable cutter. The citrus press is designed to replace the bowl on the stand mixer, while for the vegetable cutter and blender, the body is placed on the side. The Go Green appliances work effortlessly, and most parts are dishwasher safe.

  • Blender with Tamper: Blender Container, Blender Cover, Measuring Lid, Tamper
  • Citrus Press: Durable BPA-free Container/Bowl, Reamer and Strainer
  • Vegetable Cutter: The Vegetable Cutter comes with three drums: a slicing drum, a coarse grater drum, and a medium coarse grater drum. You’ll also receive a locking ring, housing, and a feeder plug. By changing the drums, you can shred, grate, or chop for a wide range of textures and sizes.

Ankarsrum accessories are available for online purchase individually or in packages. Other attachments include a pasta cutter, an ice cream maker, mincers for meat or vegetables, and a grain mill.

The Vegetable Cutter is our favorite innovative attachment. It harnesses the power of the strong motor and drive belt to spin the slicing drum.

  • To transform the unit from a mixer to a Vegetable Cutter, turn the Ankarsrum body on its side. Select the drum you want to use, and secure the locking ring. Next, attach the Vegetable Cutter housing by securing it to the base. Face the housing opening upward and start the machine.
  • Feed vegetables into the cutter (use the feeder plug to protect your fingers)

The Go Green bundle comes with three different drums (additional options are available on their website)

  1. Slicing drum – Creates thin, even slices of potatoes, onions, root vegetables, fruits, or other produce. For water-rich vegetables (zucchini or cucumber), run the machine at maximum speed for even and clean slices.
  2. Coarse grater drum – For shredding root vegetables, vegetables, and fruit.
  3. Medium coarse grater drum – For finer textures

Our Thoughts

Ankarsrum has become a staple of our test kitchen for its prowess as a mixer. Adding these attachments, we can automate the tedious cooking tasks of slicing, grating, and shredding, and eliminate the frantic searching through closets to find where we stored the correct machine or tool (that said, we still needed to locate the attachments). Since the motor is not in contact with the attachments, one base unit can handle meat, dairy, and pareve, simply by purchasing individual accessories.

Chopping small amounts of fruits and vegetables by hand can be satisfying, but large quantities can be overwhelming. The Ankarsrum with the correct accessories can reduce your effort in preparation and save time up front. It produces a consistent chop, handling a limitless quantity without tiring. The accessories still need to be cleaned, which can take longer than washing down a cutting board and knife (especially if you do not use a dishwasher).

With the summer BBQ season approaching, the blender and citrus juicer will come in handy for making frozen drinks, smoothies, and lemonades.

The Ankarsrum Story – Ankarsrum began as the Electrolux Assistant food processor, designed in 1939 by Alvar Lenning in Sweden. In 1940, Lenning converted the professional restaurant kitchen device into a smaller, more compact gadget for domestic use.  ‘As an ad from 1944 proclaimed, it could whisk, mix, knead, mash, chop, crush, slice, mix, grate, and puree the ingredients. It could even stuff sausages.’  This mixer was intended to be the only kitchen appliance you would need.

A Real Kitchen Helper

For entertaining, the Ankarsrum can be a game changer, letting you focus on the food, not the preparation time. We were amazed by the versatility of the Ankarsrum. Its design can be applied to work with many kitchen appliances, leveraging its powerful 600-watt engine. This powerful machine handles tasks easily, taking the worry out of meal preparation. Its 7-year warranty adds reliability.

Having a substantial, reliable, powerful unit that can handle a myriad of kitchen tasks can be freeing. This unit can help you declutter your collection of appliances while inspiring kitchen creativity with the selection of 16 attachments. The Ankarsrum could be the only kitchen appliance you will need.

———————-

Spicy Cole Slaw [Adapted from the NY Times Cooking]

We selected this recipe to take advantage of the coarse grater. A nice variation on coleslaw for summer BBQs.

Total Time: 10 minutes, plus refrigeration.  Yield: Serves 6

Spicy Cole Slaw

Ingredients

    • 1 medium head of green cabbage
    • 2 carrots, peeled and grated using the coarse grater
    • ½ cup mayonnaise
    • 2 tablespoons relish
    • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
    • 2 teaspoons hot sauce, the NYT recommends Frank’s RedHot (add to taste)
    • Kosher salt
    • Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Step 1 – Cut the cabbage in half and remove the core. Use the coarse grater or slice into thin ribbons. Mix with carrots in a large, nonreactive bowl.
  • Step 2 – In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients.
  • Step 3 – Pour the dressing over the salad and toss. Season to taste.
  • Step 4 – The coleslaw can be covered and refrigerated. Toss before serving.

Related Posts

Tags

Share This