Very Soft Mince

Kintarō Hattori

Folks, you know when you're out in a restaurant and you order a burger or lasagne and it comes made with mince which seems to be have put through some soft of even finer mincer- what's that called and is it possible to buy mince like that? I want to try some mince dishes for our 2 year old and she wouldn't be a huge fan of the texture of regular mince so looking to see if I can try this with her.

Many thanks.

rubadub

I would imagine most butchers would have a finer plate to put on the mincing machine, best go when it is not that busy so they have time to do it.

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I suppose you just ask for fine mince, or "finer strands".

Eireog1

Or you could just blend your regular mince after cooking to make it finer.

Kintarō Hattori

Eireog1 wrote: »

Or you could just blend your regular mince after cooking to make it finer.

That's not going to work for a burger is it? Would it not have to be ground finer beforehand.

Kintarō Hattori

rubadub wrote: »

I would imagine most butchers would have a finer plate to put on the mincing machine, best go when it is not that busy so they have time to do it.


I suppose you just ask for fine mince, or "finer strands".

That sounds like a plan, I'll ask a few different butchers. I thought it might be something that was relatively easily sourced.

Eireog1

you could blend it beforehand making the partial smaller and finer might be worth a try on a small bit first in case it turns it to mush.

rubadub

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

That's not going to work for a burger is it? Would it not have to be ground finer beforehand.

if put in a blender beforehand it will be a paste. But this might be OK for burgers, if you defrost a regular 1/4lber burger you will find it is pretty much paste.

I liquidise mince beforehand for making doner kebab meat.

But for a lasange the blending after cooking could work well.

Boxcar_Willie

Ask your friendly butcher for some round steak then have him run it through the mincer 2 or 3 times .
Have done it many times and they are only too happy to oblige .

antix80

The restaurant probably used a cheaper mince with 20% fat, then just cooked it for much longer so the fat melted.