HIC Kitchen Wooden Pestle for Chinois, Hardwood, Cone-Shaped, For Purees, Sauces, Soups, Jams, And More, 8-Inches

The ergonomic shape and the organic feel of an actual wood knob make the food milling process very gratifying. For the true connoisseur, this will take you back to the days of yore before automation.

I make hot sauce with this, and my sauces come out so much better since I've upgraded to this one. Suits my needs perfectly.

Great strainer and very durable.A must have companion item is: the Wic wooden pastel or a 1 oz long handled ladle to press liquid out of contents.

It's not a Matfer for sure. Amazon box too small so the mesh was a mess from being crushed. Even after massaging it back into shape it's a lumpy mess. But it will do.As soon as this weather breaks I'll try it for some stock. While not a cheesecloth level strain, it looks sufficient. And for the price difference, I could get a china cap as well and still be under the Matfer. I'm only a home cook so this should be enough and work out fine.

I got this primarily for straining out the fines when I make bone broth. This felt like a splurge purchase, but it is COMPLETELY worth it. It does great for the broth and I've used it for other soups with great results, too. It's surprisingly easy to clean- rinse out from the outside, scrub with soapy rag and rinse, and so far nothing is getting stuck in it like when you try to clean a normal mesh strainer.

I just got this a couple of weeks ago. I’ve had my eye on these for a few years, but kept putting it off. Figured it was just another gadget to take up space in my kitchen. I’ve been making cashew milk lately, and even though I have an awesome blender (The Dash Chef series, it’s huge, and it. Is. Awesome!). I used this chinois to strain the solids out of the cashew milk. Oh. My. Goodness. So smooth and yummy!!! It is so much better without the sediment in it. It is just decadent.

I live in the Pacific NW where blackberries run free....lots of blackberries. I had the urge to make jelly last week but did not have a sieve so went shopping on Amazon and bought this sieve and the pestle designed to use with it. I picked a little over a gallon of berries on same day the chinoise/sieve arrived. I cooked them down and poured the berries in the sieve in two batches. Not a single solitary seed was able to slide through this sieve because of the way the sieve is designed. It worked perfectly. The berries were completely crushed and juice free. I simply tapped the sieve over the garbage and proceded to make a batch of jelly and 3 pints of syrup. This sieve works perfectly - buy it, you will be glad you did!

I got this Chinois to filter coffee grounds when I create cold brew coffee, and it works amazingly! I make cold brew from finely ground coffee, so the particles are quite small. I used the Chinois without any other filter just to see how many grounds would go through (expecting a LOT of grounds to go through), and almost everything was caught by the Chinois. I was shocked! I ran the coffee through the Chinois 2 more times, and it caught whatever grounds were left. As a final check, I lined the Chinois with 4 layers of cheesecloth and poured the coffee through one last time. All I got was a smear of coffee particles on the cheesecloth. The Chinois did all of the filtering that was needed, without the cheesecloth! I am thrilled.