Food Mill

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I use the food mill mostly to make my red chile sauce.  It’s a cross between a processor/blender and a sieve/colander.

 

 

By using a food mill instead of a process/blender to make a purée, you eliminate much of the chile pod flavorless cellulose skin and you produce a much creamier chile puree.  I also use it to make potato and pumpkin purée. Mills come with a coarse, medium and fine perforated disks.  I use the medium perforated for chile.

I learned to make red chile the old fashion way –  using a sieve with a wooden pestle like the one pictured below.  People switched to blenders but I guarantee you a better sauce using a food mill.

 

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