Food processing is one of the easiest ways to thoroughly combine, slice, dice or, well, process foods. From mixing batters to grinding meat to making doughs for pasta and pizza, a food processor is a cherished kitchen shortcut, but the time saved is often lost again with the often tedious job of cleaning off the blades of the machine.
To avoid this issue, chef Rodney Bowers of Hey Meatball (who has ground more than a little meat in his career) simply empties out his food processor, and then gives the empty mixer a few extra spins. He explains that in so doing, all the extra food left on the blades is thrown to the sides of the mixing bowl minimizing the work you need to do to clean your machine and freeing up more of your mixed product to be used.
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