HIC Kitchen's Wooden Pestle is the perfect helper tool for pushing cooked foods through the mesh of a cone-shaped sieve, known as a chinois. The mesh of a chinois processes cooked ingredients into smoother, velvety textures with even consistencies for tastier results without any lumps. The mesh allows liquids to pass through easily, but pulp needs a bit more help.This pestle fits perfectly with HIC Kitchen's Chinois #43657 (sold separately). It presses thicker cooked ingredients through the chinois mesh. Simply pulse cook ingredients in a blender, place the Chinois cone into a catch bowl to collect liquids, pour blended contents into the cone, and press the pestle into the pulp and through the mesh.It's an ideal addition to cooking tools and canning supplies, and for making creamier sauces, smoother soups, perfect purees and pastes, flawless batters, jellies, custards, curds, yogurts, and more.Made from hardwood, HIC Kitchen's Wooden Pestle is sturdy, durable, easy to use, and hand-washable. Measures 10" L x 2" Dia and 5.3 oz,