I use my current wire blender to mash avocados, bananas, etc. as well as making pie crust dough. Would this pastry blender work for this too?
271911
YES! We use it to mash and blend ingredients for guacamole all the time. Much easier to control the texture with this than to use a blender. Easier to clean too.
271912
I don't see why not. I haven't used it for anything besides dough, but it works well for mooshing stuff.
271913
I think that this tool would work well. It is solidly built and cleans up easily.
271914
Oh, yes! It is very sturdy and has straight up and down blades. Much stronger than my old wire blenders. Also, this is a good idea as I have been using a potato masher to mash bananas and this would work better! Thanks!
271915
This is my favorite tool for "dicing" hard boiled eggs for egg salad. (You can put 4-6 whole hard boiled eggs in a bowl and just have at it until you have them the size dice you want. Since I'm using it to make sandwiches, I tend to dice the whites fairly small.) Then I switch over to a spoonula to mix in the curry powder, sweet pickle relish and mayo (just so I can scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl and get everything well blended.)
271916
You can use this pastry blender in the same way as you use the one you own. Altho I find this blender is twice as strong as the one's you buy in local stores. I love mine. A great buy for you too.
567382
No, but if you want to make soft food smoother (bananas, avacado) or take fibers out of food that are soft (strings on cooked beans, skins from cooked peas) it works well. You'd still need a blender or food processor.
449019
I have never tried, but I think a high speed blender would do a butter job for smoothiesCarl
1769596
I haven't used it for blending beans, but have found that for large amounts of food, a good ol' beater or blender works better. You may have success because the blade is very sharp; however, you have to be careful for overspray! Good luck!
1721843
YES! Make sure your butter is VERY cold (I put mine in the freezer for awhile) so it doesn't gum up. The HB does a fine job for making pie crust dough.
2238498
We haven't tried making smoothies with our VRT400. It is primarily a juice extractor and it does a great job of that. No matter what fruit or vegetable you put into it, it squeezes the juice out and leaves all the fibre and pulp behind. My opinion is that you would want to use a blender to make smoothies, not a juicer.
1024900
I find it works very well. Just make sure you use a recipe that calls for two cups of flour only. I use it for making biscuits and one pie crust. Butter blends in just as good as in the larger units.
1111162
To be honest I think it would I never thought to try.I just use the same old pastry blender I have had for ever.
1708627
Absolutely. I've used it to blend hot gravy straight from the oven roaster. cooked veggies and all.
196330
I only use it to make English mince pies. I don't think it would make a good ice cream topping. Too sweet!
330386
I use it differently for different purposes. For blending dry ingredients I use it like a spoon; for heavy doughs I'll use it like a whisk and spoon- stirring, folding and going around vertically like a bicycle wheel. I use the edge of the large diameter to get into the bottom corners of the Cambros that I mix bread dough in. It's a wonderful tool -hope this helps!
1254669
Probably not. It is not the intended use.The blender is for soft fruits and veggies.
1262265
Yes, I just recently made a no-gluten pie crust. This little machine is very powerful, and convient. Just pulse theingredients until the mixture comes together. DO NOT hold the button down, you'll burn the motor out. As soon asthe dough was sticking together I did the rest of the work by hand. Hope this helps. Don't over load it. The Best, Truthful.
363865
I wouldn't think so. They do very well with two crusts and a little filling. A tart pan or cupcake pan would work better for just crusts in about ten minutes. This machine is awesome for filled pastry and so fast! I admit I haven't tried one crust though.
2128156
I have not tried potatoes but my first thought would be no. I use mine for Apple sauce mostly. A good immersion blender will make great mashed
104860
Hello Ashley B. As I am wheat free, I have never tried the blender for that purpose. A food processor would definitely be better, but this blender has a fairly wide base, so it would likely work fine. Sorry, I can't be of better help. Good luck.
1208151
I use mine to make pasta dough so I would imagine it could handle pie dough.