About a week ago I posted about a cream of asparagus soup that I made with the tough asparagus ends. Even after pureeing in the blender, it had short fibers all throughout. And thanks to the comments in that post, I was reminded I had a food mill that I could try.
So, in the photo above this is the soup as it was initially made. You can kind of see some of those short fibers.
This is my food mill. I use it each year to make applesauce. The holes at the bottom are larger than the holes of a mesh strainer. By turning the handle, the angled metal blade pushes the food through those holes, leaving whatever fibrous residue won't pass through.
I ran the string-filled soup though the food mill. The process took about 3 minutes of turning the crank.
When finished milling the soup, I had about 2 tablespoons of strings left in the food mill, which I discarded.
The resulting soup was string-free and delicious.
My take -- it's possible to make a creamy soup from those woody ends of asparagus using a food mill.
Thank you to the unnamed friend in the comment section for this suggestion.
The food mill was a brilliant solution. I am going to use that idea.
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