Can you chop nuts in this blender? It says you can do pesto in it, so wondered if the nuts (walnuts or pinenuts) have to be chopped before?
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I have chopped pecans in it before but I was not able to get the nuts to a super fine consistency you would need for pesto. The nuts clumped towards the bottom and I was having to scoop them out to further chop. A real food processor, even a small, compact one works better for this purpose.
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Hi April, it's a good machine for basic chopping and some blending, some vegetables do need to be chopped into smaller pieces in advance of going in, overall, a pretty good unit for the money, hope that helps!
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Yep :) No problem! The V-shaped blade (I can't recall it's proper name at the moment) is the one I use to chop nuts with, though I think its also possible with the flat blade ...
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Yes you can, I regularly make nut butters. For me it takes about 20mins at the most to get the nuts I've used so far to a smooth consistency (peanuts, hazelnuts). The blades do get build-up from process, so if you plan on making several batches, just wash the blades between batches in order to get the best results each time.
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You can make mayonnaise and blend other soft items, like smoothies with fruits. the instruction booklet says do not to attempt to blend "fruit pits, bones or other hard materials" so not sure about nuts.
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We use a food processor to do that. Blenders are not normally recommended for nut butters.
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We tried making almond butter with this blender and were not successful. It's partially our fault for thinking that if you soak the nuts for a few hours it would help blended them up faster. We have not tried since then. I know this does not necessarily answer your question but thought I would share my experience.
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gave mine away as baby gifts. Dont think those really puree. You might be happier using a blender first and then adding the stringy food with fruit/ or something else to put through the grinder. Just speaking from experience of the similar one I had when my children were babies---years ago.
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I've use it to chop nuts and veggies. I love the way it chops my cabbage and carrots. I also use it to make my pie dough...hope this helps.
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I chop pecans, almonds, chocolate morsels. Try pushing several times, no too long, or you end up with nuts powder.
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The blender will not grind nuts into powder as there is a lot of oil contained in nuts; this blender will grind nuts into nut butter; ie., peanuts into peanut butter. The blender will also grind coffee beans. If coffee beans are ground too fine, the coffee brewed from such fine ground beans will taste unpleasantly bitter.
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One pass should do the job. It is best to blend the nuts in a high speed blender (highest speed) for about 2 minutes before straining.
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Absolutely! In a much better way. That is actually the reason why I purchased the blender and I'm extremely satisfied with its performance. Speaking of, I have a batch in the fridge. Throw in nuts it's awesome.
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Yes, it chops really fine. I'm not.a ran of a blender except for milkshakes. I use the food chopper for everything else. Be careful not to hold down power button too long though because it will make micro pieces. Powerful little thing.
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I bought this unit from Amazon 2 years ago and my wife and I love it. That being said, I seriously doubt that it will do a good job of grinding nuts (or coffee for that matter) into a fine powder. We do get good results with chopping, however, but haven't actually tried it with nuts. I believe that another reviewer warned NOT to chop ice with it.
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I also grind nuts into flour and nut butter but I prefer my Blentec blender for this job because of the HP. This does can do this job as well but it will probably burn out it used for long periods of time.
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blends any vegetable or fruit well - I makes smoothies and throw everything in -- you do need some liquid, though--actually never tried without some kind of liquid. its a great little blender - easy to clean - not a bunch of parts! I am on my second one - I dropped and broke the spinner mechanism - my fault