The Guide To Making Insanely Smooth Purées Out Of Anything

If you've got a blender and some vegetables then you can make yourself a lovely purée in just a few minutes. All you require is Joshua Weissman's technique.

Prep
15 minutes
Cook
30-90 minutes
Total
45 minutes - 1 hour, 45 minutes
Serves
4
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The Guide To Making Insanely Smooth Purées Out Of Anything
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Ingredients

Vegetables to start with for this technique:

  • butternut squash, acorn squash, cauliflower, frozen peas (just blanche, don't boil too long), carrots, beets, turnips, parsnips, onions, rutabaga, kohlrabi, asparagus.

Recommended Liquids to use:

  • Milk, water, chicken or beef stock, dashi, heavy cream

Fats to use:

  • Butter, vegetable oil, olive oil, chili oil, garlic oil, you get the point.

Directions

Butternut Squash:

  1. Slice and remove all of the seeds from your squash. Drizzle with olive oil and salt and place face down on a baking sheet. Roast in the oven, making sure to over cook your squash until super soft.
  2. Remove skin and place cooked squash in a blender; adding just enough heavy cream to get it to start blending.
  3. Once the mixture starts to smoothen out and get hot; drop in a couple of tablespoons of cold butter.
  4. Pour into a bowl sitting in an ice bath and stir until cold.

Cauliflower:

  1. Chop your cauliflower and place into a medium-sized sauce pot. Add in a couple of garlic cloves and bay leaves. Add enough milk and cream in equal parts just enough to cover the surface.
    • You can substitute with chicken stock if you prefer.
  2. Set your pot on the stove and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat down to a simmer and let it sit until your cauliflower is soft.
  3. Strain out and reserve the liquid. Place your solids in a blender and add however much liquid to blend it to your desired thickness.
  4. Once you’ve reached your desired consistency, stream in a couple teaspoons of canola oil and season with salt and pepper.

Beet: 

  1. Wash your beets and individually wrap them with foil. Place on a sheet tray and roast in the oven at 400℉ for 1-1.5 hours.
  2. Remove from the oven and rub off the peel with a towel. Chop up your beets and place in the blender. Blend your vegetables by adding a couple tablespoons of red wine vinegar. Continue blending until smooth.
  3. Stream in oil of your choice and season with salt and pepper.