Can I substitute a blender for a food-processor?!
Can I substitute a blender for a food-processor?
I have a blender, 10 speeds, but no food processor and need to process some tahini and fruit into a paste to make some halva. Will it work, what speed? Any tips?
Here's the recipe directions:
8 oz tahini or sesame seeds
4 oz raisins
4 oz dates
1 tsp vanilla extract
Break down the dried fruit in the food processor until it forms one homogenous mass. By hand, break the mass into smaller pieces, and then add the seeds or tahini and vanilla. Turn the food processor on again, and keep it turning until it forms a mass again; this will take a few minutes, be patient. You may need to add a few drops of water to get it to hold together, but be careful, any more than a few drops and it will become too sticky.
When it's become a single solid mass, take walnut-sized balls of the mixture and roll between the palms of your hands to form balls. Store in the fridge.
Answers:
Yes, you just have to put in less ingredients at a time than in a food processor. Use one of the lower settings so it doesn't just make mush of your ingredients. Make some smaller batches instead of one large one...
Break your recipe into 4 parts:
2 oz tahini or sesame seeds
1 oz raisins
1 oz dates
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Then make it 4 times... since you have to break it into walnut size balls anyway, it should be fine.
The difference is, that blender turns too fast. It tends to liquefy solids while food processors are more of chopping device.
Try it and do so at lowest setting...
You might also notice, since the blades of the blenders are smaller than the bottom diameter, your ingredients stick to the wall. You'll just have to scrape it off more often.
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