A food mill is a kitchen tool which is designed to grind, mash, or puree foods. The device is extremely useful for making a wide range of things, from baby food to mashed potatoes.
Food Mill - A kitchen utensil best described as a mechanical sieve. It has a hand-turned paddle that forces food through a strainer plate at the bottom, thereby removing skin, seeds and fiber.
Food mills are hand-cranked tools that purée ingredients by forcing them through a conical grinding disk, while simultaneously sieving out pieces of shell, fibers, skins, and seeds.
Food mill: a type of strainer with a crank-operated, curved blade. It is used to puree soft foods.
Food processor: a machine with interchangeable blades and disks and a removable bowl and lid. Used for blending, chopping, pureeing.
Food Mill - A hand turned utensil that forces food through a perforated plate at the bottom, separating the skin, seeds, or fibers from the edible product.
Set a food mill fitted with a fine sieve disk over a large bowl. Puree the fruit in small batches, discarding seeds and skins.
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What is a Food Mill? In the culinary arts, a food mill is a device used for grinding or pureeing foods into ... Read the definition of Food Mill.
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Pulsing in a food mill pure will yield a fiery paste, or it can be tempered with other ingredients to make vinaigrettes, mayonnaise or other hot condiments.
Rice is a cooking term meaning to pass food through a food mill or "ricer", which comes in several forms.
Puree- To use a blender, food processor, or food mill to convert a food into a liquid or heavy paste.
Reconstitute- To rehydrate dried food (such as dried mushrooms or sun-dried tomatoes) by soaking it in water or other liquid.
purée: To mash or grind food into a paste by forcing through a food mill or sieve or by whirling in a food processor or blender. Finely mashed food also is called a purée.
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To mash foods until perfectly smooth by hand, by rubbing through a sieve or food mill, or by whirling in a blender or food processor.
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To run cold water over food that has been parboiled, to stop the cooking process quickly.
Purée potatoes in a food mill or potato ricer, or mash with a potato masher (not a food processor). Return to a clean saucepan; stir in cream, butter, and garlic cloves, and beat well. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Purée - To force vegetables, fruits and other foods through a fine sieve, food mill, ricer or blend in an electric blender or food processor to remove skins, seeds and so forth, and to produce a fine-textured substance.
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A smooth paste made by pressing food through a fine sieve or food mill; also a thick sauce made from puréed vegetables or fruit.
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To mash foods by hand by rubbing through a sieve or food mill, or by whirling in a blender or food processor until perfectly smooth.
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To crush a food into smooth and evenly textured state. For potatoes or other root vegetables, use a ricer, masher or food mill. While food processors provide a smooth texture more like a puree or a paste, they should not be used for potatoes.
To convert food to a smooth, thick mixture by pressing it through a fine sieve or food mill. The food may also be blended in an electric blender or food processor until smooth.
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PASSATA - Pur�e of Tomato. Also used to make sauces. If you pass chopped or whole tomatoes through a food mill or blend them you will get passata.
puree: (pure-ay) Noun: a food that has been reduc ed to a mushy, thick pulp or paste of uniform texture. Verb: to turn a solid food into a puree, using a blender, food mill, ricer or processor.
Puree - To process foods into a smooth substance of varying degrees of thickness as dictated by the recipe. Usually done with a blender, processor, sieve or food mill.
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Purée - A thick soup made from a pureed vegetable base. To finely blend and mash food to a smooth, lump-free consistency. You can purée foods in a blender, food processor, or food mill.
For potatoes or other root vegetables, use a ricer, masher or food mill. While food processors provide a smooth texture more like a puree or a paste, they should not be used for potatoes.
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To cut food into very tiny pieces.
If you pass chopped or whole tomatoes through a food mill or blend them you will get passata. Compare: concentrato di pomodoro.
 See also: Mill, Cooking, Vegetable, Potato, Vegetables
  
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