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Why your pulp is wetter than mine

Centrifugal, masticating, hydraulic: three machines, three very different baskets, and one number that has to work for all of them.

Every yield printed on this site was measured on a masticating press, then checked against notes from cooks running something else. The gap is not small. A centrifugal machine spins the basket dry and leaves you with a fluffier, lighter pulp; a hydraulic press leaves a cake you could build a wall with.

Which means a recipe that calls for two and a quarter cups is really calling for a weight, and weight is what we have started printing alongside it.

Measure the pulp by weight once and you will never argue with a cup again.

The practical fix is dull and reliable: press, weigh the basket, write the number on the bag before it goes in the freezer. Two seconds, and the loaf comes out the same every time.

SP
Filed under Technique Pairings that use a weighed pulp: No. 07, No. 12, No. 26.