to try baking some cakes 
now, i'm wanting to try and do a lemon meringue, but the recipe i want to try says to make the base using a food processor, i only have a blender, will that do the same job and be alright??
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It depends what you are trying to do.
If you are trying to break up biscuits such as ginger nuts and digestives, then a hand-held wand blender is not going to be much use.
However, if you have the suitable attachment for mincing/chopping/grinding, then yes, like a Bamix or similar.
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"to try baking some cakes
now, i'm wanting to try and do a lemon meringue, but the recipe i want to try says to make the base using a food processor, i only have a blender, will that do the same job and be alright??
please advise "
If it's biscuit base just chuck it in a bag and whack the hell out of it with a rolling pin! Works for me x |
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"It depends what you are trying to do.
If you are trying to break up biscuits such as ginger nuts and digestives, then a hand-held wand blender is not going to be much use.
However, if you have the suitable attachment for mincing/chopping/grinding, then yes, like a Bamix or similar.
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its a proper blender, not hand held, and want to do a pastry base
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"Not knowing the brand/design of the blender, I would refer to the instruction manual to see if it can make pastry.
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i dunno pearl, we use it to make soups/smoothies etc. it just blitz's everything you put in it
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"Not knowing the brand/design of the blender, I would refer to the instruction manual to see if it can make pastry.
i dunno pearl, we use it to make soups/smoothies etc. it just blitz's everything you put in it
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its just a jug with chopping blades in the bottom
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Got you.
If it is similar to my Waring blender, which is a glass jug with a blade at the bottom, that I use for making cocktails, then no, as I believe pastries need more room to blend, and a jug is not wide enough.
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"Got you.
If it is similar to my Waring blender, which is a glass jug with a blade at the bottom, that I use for making cocktails, then no, as I believe pastries need more room to blend, and a jug is not wide enough.
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thanks sweet xx
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"It depends what you are trying to do.
If you are trying to break up biscuits such as ginger nuts and digestives, then a hand-held wand blender is not going to be much use.
However, if you have the suitable attachment for mincing/chopping/grinding, then yes, like a Bamix or similar.
its a proper blender, not hand held, and want to do a pastry base
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use your hands, only takes 2 minutes, a blender breaks the mix down too much. |
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A cheapo two-prong whisk with bread dough attachment should work for pastry too.
Cheaper than getting a food processor unless one bakes all the time, IMHO.
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"A cheapo two-prong whisk with bread dough attachment should work for pastry too.
Cheaper than getting a food processor unless one bakes all the time, IMHO.
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oooh.... i got one of them, would be good to just do the flour, butter & egg mix with, thanks, if it dont work, i'll use me fingers  |
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