This is my first time using a food mill. I am making Ball’s oven-roasted marinara. I removed the skins after roasting so I’m just trying to remove the seeds with this step. Do I need to keep mill-ing until only seeds remain? Or will there be some flesh left over as well?
TIA!
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Keep on turning. Takes a while. Sometimes I will reverse for a bit, a full revolution or two and continue forward.
The Italian saucing tool is supposed to be better for dealing with tomatoes but all I ever had was a food mill so soldiered through it.
I have a Rosle food mill that I bought barely used for a great price. I don’t think it gets the “pomace” (seeds, skins, etc.) quite as dry as my my Victorio strainer can do. But the Rosle is easier to clean, so for small batches, it’s my go-to.
Looking at your photo, it does look like you could mill the food a bit longer, though, to get more of the tomato meat through the mill. It helps to scrape the screen and sides, run the mill handle backwards a round or two to clean off the residue on the top of the blade, etc.
I bought an old champion juicer on fb marketplace, and then purchased a tomato screen for it. Changed my life, and got an electronic mill for a fraction of the price
These food mills will do in a pinch but they don’t completely sieve out the seed bits and are a pain to clean. If you are planning on processing a lot of tomatoes in the future, think about purchasing one of those made in Italy tomato milling machines. I saw one years ago at Winners (similar to Home Goods in USA) and could kick myself for not getting it. The good ones are at least $600 these days.
A cheaper alternative would be a Victorio food strainer.
Use it for mashed potatoes as well
I tried using that to desead/deskin a bunch of tomatoes. After my arm felt like it was going to fall off, I picked up a Victorio. Yeah, it cost more, but it is so much easier to use.