Been making base mixes for quite some time and usually sieve them to get that really smooth consistency . As some of you will know this can be time consuming.
However, today after making a batch of CT's base and after giving it an initial blend, I then gave it another using a Nutra Bullet which hadn't seen any health food since a couple of weeks after I bought it. Anyway, the end result was every bit as smooth as pushing it through a sieve and took no time tat all.
So, if any of you have one of these blenders languishing away in a cupboard, then give it a whirl the next time you cook up a base mix. If you like your base really smooth this will do the trick.
Great idea for those who want a smooth base...Personally I prefer my base to have a bit of texture...I use a food processor but nowhere as good as nutrabullet but still a great idea
BB1
No chance of my owning one of those -- it is for people who want to eat healthy food :) Joking aside, the Nutribullet (of which I was indeed previously unaware) looks as if it comes with an assortment of cutters, bases, tops, etc. Which combination did you use ?
[Co-incidence] Lidl have just launched their own-brand version. (https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Non-Food-Offers.htm?articleId=5339)
** Phil.
Like Boaby, I like a wee bit texture in most curries, so just use the old hand blender,
I can see how it would be useful, though, in certain dishes - eg Korma, CTM, Pathia, even Butter Chicken - to give that really smooth, silky sauce that you sometimes get from TAs.
600 watt, Lidl silvercrest stick blender, Saves having to refill blenders. Then sieved straight into containers if required
I will be on this one. I have to try to get the beaks and feathers out. Pic 1
But a proper question. At what stage in cooking, with chicken carcases, should the sieving be done? I didn't put any bones into the blender although there could have been a couple that slipped through. Either that or there was a metal screw came loose somehow.
Pic 2 is 3 litres of sieved base.
Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn. I hope they make good curry.