"grinding" meat in a food processor?

Hope said:

I am sure I have seen Jamie Oliver use a normal food processor (not a
special meat grinder) to turn chuck into mince/hamburger... minced
steak. Was I dreaming? Would you just dice it roughly and then pulse
it a few times? It wou;dn't turn into some nasty meat puree? (I am,
still learning my way around my new food processor, yep).

Grind meat with a food processor... simply not a possibility... in fact
a food processor can't grind anything.

Sheldon

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Quoted message said:

hi, I am having trouble getting my head around the lingo, excuse me if
I make no sense.

I am sure I have seen Jamie Oliver use a normal food processor (not a
special meat grinder) to turn chuck into mince/hamburger... minced
steak. Was I dreaming? Would you just dice it roughly and then pulse
it a few times? It wou;dn't turn into some nasty meat puree? (I am,
still learning my way around my new food processor, yep).

Alton Brown did it here: http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/GEFP/index.htm

-T

Hope said:

Would you just dice it roughly and then pulse
it a few times?

Yep. I've done it with chuck n' sirloin together. Works great. Make
sure the meat is semi-frozen, just enough so
the meat is firm, yet can be easily cut. Cut to 1-2" chunks and put
in F/P with blade attachment and pulse to desired consistency. It's not
exactly the same as ground, but it's close enough. It'll hold
together for burgers and meatballs.

I started using my F/P instead of my electric grinder because I lost
the coarse grind plate and the fine plate doesn't do a good job.

nb

On Thu 07 Jul 2005 08:22:39p, notbob wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Hope said:

Would you just dice it roughly and then pulse it a few times?

Yep. I've done it with chuck n' sirloin together. Works great. Make
sure the meat is semi-frozen, just enough so
the meat is firm, yet can be easily cut. Cut to 1-2" chunks and put
in F/P with blade attachment and pulse to desired consistency. It's not
exactly the same as ground, but it's close enough. It'll hold
together for burgers and meatballs.

I started using my F/P instead of my electric grinder because I lost
the coarse grind plate and the fine plate doesn't do a good job.

I'm probably one of the few, but I don't like meat chopped in a F/P. The
texture is clearly not at all like ground meat, more like "minced", and I
find it very unappealing in hamburger, sloppy joes, hamburger gravy,
spaghetti sauce, chili, etc.

I guess it depends on the meat grinder, but I have no problem with the fine
plate. Although I usually use the coarse place and grind twice.

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Quoted message said:

hi, I am having trouble getting my head around the lingo, excuse me if
I make no sense.

I am sure I have seen Jamie Oliver use a normal food processor (not a
special meat grinder) to turn chuck into mince/hamburger... minced
steak. Was I dreaming? Would you just dice it roughly and then pulse
it a few times? It wou;dn't turn into some nasty meat puree? (I am,
still learning my way around my new food processor, yep).

My old Cuisinart manual has a recipe for making pork sausage. I can't find
the manual, but it defnitely had you grind the meat in the food processor.
I've always wanted to try it because I loves me sausage.

cheers

That would be true if the meat were really ground. It's actually minced
- that's what the folks o'er the Big Pond call it, IIRC.

That would be true if the meat were really ground. It's actually minced
- that's what the folks o'er the Big Pond call it, IIRC.

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Quoted message said:

hi, I am having trouble getting my head around the lingo, excuse me if
I make no sense.

I am sure I have seen Jamie Oliver use a normal food processor (not a
special meat grinder) to turn chuck into mince/hamburger... minced
steak. Was I dreaming? Would you just dice it roughly and then pulse
it a few times? It wou;dn't turn into some nasty meat puree? (I am,
still learning my way around my new food processor, yep).

tia

Hope

Dreaming ? Don't know I do not watch Mr Oliver.

Grind - no chop yes.

You're right on the money. Just rough cut and begin pulsing. The trick is
knowing when to stop and not overloading the container.

Dimitri