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How to Use a Food Mill

Easy and Fast instructions for How to Use a Food Mill

Prep Time
1 min
processing
10 mins
Total Time
11 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 23 kcal
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 cups watermelon cut into chunks

Instructions

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  1. Place the watermelon chunks into a large bowl. Use the potato masher to mash the watermelon into small pieces.
  2. Pour the contents of the large bowl into the bowl of the assembled food mill using the large hole seive.
  3. Turn the handle of the food mill in a clockwise direction until the pieces of watermelon are captured under the flat portion of the mill. Then turn counter clockwise for several turns. Turn in clockwise direction again. Repeat until no more juice can be extracted from the watermelon.
  4. Turn the handle counterclockwise until the blade is cleaned off. Use a rubber spatula and turn the food mill upside down to remove and scrape the bits from the bottom of the mill. Discard those pieces.
  5. Replace the sieve in the bottom of the mill with the proper smaller hole sieve (very small holes for juice, medium holes for jam). Repeat step 3.
  6. Pour the juice into a proper container for your purposes and utilize the resulting juice.

Notes

  • Remember that large pieces of food won't work in a food mill, so you have to mash up what you have before it can go through the food mill effectively. A potato masher works great for this task.
  • The best think about processing foods though the mill is that you do not have to worry about seeds and skins because removing those is what it does best!
  • When buying a food mill, easy clean surfaces are essential.
  • Do NOT put the pulp from the food mill down the drain. It will clog. Ask me how I know? I have 50ft of new kitchen drain to prove it.

Nutrition Information

Calories 23kcal (1%) Carbohydrates 6g (2%) Protein 0.5g (1%) Fat 0.1g (0%) Saturated Fat 0.01g (0%) Polyunsaturated Fat 0.04g Monounsaturated Fat 0.03g Sodium 1mg (0%) Potassium 85mg (2%) Fiber 0.3g (1%) Sugar 5g (10%) Vitamin A 432IU (9%) Vitamin C 6mg (7%) Calcium 5mg (1%) Iron 0.2mg (1%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 23

% Daily Value*

Calories 23kcal 1%
Carbohydrates 6g 2%
Protein 0.5g 1%
Fat 0.1g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.01g 0%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.04g 0%
Monounsaturated Fat 0.03g 0%
Sodium 1mg 0%
Potassium 85mg 2%
Fiber 0.3g 1%
Sugar 5g 10%
Vitamin A 432IU 9%
Vitamin C 6mg 7%
Calcium 5mg 1%
Iron 0.2mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.