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HELP please: ancient Kenwood Chef attachements

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Hi, maybe someone knows what best to use here?

I want to make Wild Garlic Pesto. Tried the liquidiser - too dry, it just can't do it. Broke a food chopper on wild garlic last year, too stringy, it got stuck and burnt the chopper out.
I found an old Kenwood Chef in the cupboard (from the 60s or 70s I reckon) but have no idea which attachment might be useful here...I've never used it before....The options are:
slicer shredder ? Instructions only mention harder veg and nuts, not herbs
maybe the meat mincer? I can see how it will clog up the tube though.

I so hope someone still know the machine!
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win - Gandhi

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  • Mands
    Mands Posts: 844 Forumite
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    Happygreen wrote: »
    Hi, maybe someone knows what best to use here?

    I want to make Wild Garlic Pesto. Tried the liquidiser - too dry, it just can't do it. Broke a food chopper on wild garlic last year, too stringy, it got stuck and burnt the chopper out.
    I found an old Kenwood Chef in the cupboard (from the 60s or 70s I reckon) but have no idea which attachment might be useful here...I've never used it before....The options are:
    slicer shredder ? Instructions only mention harder veg and nuts, not herbs
    maybe the meat mincer? I can see how it will clog up the tube though.

    I so hope someone still know the machine!

    Can't help with the attachments but I'll mention that I always make pesto with a sharp knife and a chopping board. It takes longer but there's more control over the final result.

    Enjoy the pesto, whatever method you use,
    Mands
  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    You'd probably have more success with a hand/stick blender. I don't think any of the kenwood things would work apart from the mini chopper but you'd have to use a fair bit of liquid.
  • hoglet121
    hoglet121 Posts: 658 Forumite
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    I use a mortar and pestle for garlic.Works very well.
  • It think it depends on the quantity you want to prepare. If you have a carrier bag full of wild garlic that you want to make into pesto and store then a fine shredder attachment might work.

    Could you put all the pesto ingredients in the liquidiser at the same time (including the olive oil)? This would make it less likely to clog up the blades.

    Very envious of the wild garlic. Haven't seen any in my neck of the woods.

    Enjoy the pesto
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  • Happygreen
    Happygreen Posts: 2,949 Forumite
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    yes, it's 2 large carrier bags full! I love it, it's the first abundant green of the year, bliss...Sadly I found nothing really does the job in large quantities and I'll probably get a new food processor with large blades and a lot of power :) and one with dough blades so I can use it for pastry, too. When I put oil in the liquidiser first it does it in small quantities but I'd love to work through it without measuring the other ingredients again and again....thaaks anyway!
    First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win - Gandhi
  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    check with Kenwood site first - I bought my kenwood food processor because the salesman said that ALL attachments will fit ALL machines 'and so it has been from the beginning and for evermore'. I have a herb chopping attachment with mine and the booklet gives a recipe for pesto.
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