SC - Almond Paste

[Stefan li Rous]

Ldy Diana commented:
>     Almonds ground in the processor won't be as finely or evenly ground as
> their commercial counterparts. To get them finer, grind in small batches,
> and/or use a coffee grinder. Sometimes a coarser grind is fine for what you
> are doing, and you can just toss them in the processor and go, but if it's an
> issue, use the coffee/spice grinder, in small handfuls.

Interesting. I've seen descriptions here on making almond milk that talked
of grinding the almonds in blenders or food processors. Would using a coffee/
spice grinder to get finer almond particles instead of the blender or food
processor yield more almond milk from the same amount of almonds?

And I noted in the grocery store a few days ago that the coffee grinder was 
marketed as both a coffee and a spice grinder. I didn't buy it though. I
guess for now I will keep using my mortar and pestle. I'm getting tired
of dicing vegetables, though. I may yet buy a food processor. It took me 
more time to prepare the vegetables for the soup than to cook the soup.

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