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You can slice, shred and chop a multitude of vegetables and fruits in the Cuisinart
®
Food Processor. What
you may not know is that the food processor is the perfect tool for a number of other tasks, such as soften
-
ing butter, making breadcrumbs, making baby food, etc. Here is a guide that will help you in preparing just
about anything!
TIP: To avoid overflow of food, please note recommended max capacity (chart on page 2)
for each type of food. All capacities are not equal.
USER GUIDE
FOOD TOOL SPEED DIRECTIONS
Soft Cheeses
(ricotta, cream
cheese, cottage
cheese, etc.)
Chopping/Mixing Blade Low to
gently mix
or High to
whip
Have cheese at room temperature. When applicable, cut into
1-inch pieces. Process until smooth, stopping to scrape down
the sides of the bowl as needed. Perfect for making
cheesecakes, dips, pasta fillings and more.
Firm Cheeses
(Cheddar, Swiss,
Edam, Gouda,
etc.)
Slicing or Shredding
Disc
High Cheese should be well chilled before slicing/shredding.
Cut to fit feed tube. Use light to medium pressure when slicing/
shredding.
Hard Cheeses
(Parmesan,
Romano, etc.)
Chopping/Mixing Blade
Slicing or Shredding
Disc
Pulse
and High
If using the chopping blade, cut into ½-inch pieces.
Pulse to break up and then process until finely grated.
This will produce a nice grated cheese. If slicing or shredding,
cut to fit feed tube. Use light to medium pressure when
slicing/shredding.
Baby Food Chopping/Mixing Blade Pulse
and High
As for all fruit and vegetable purées, cut ingredients into
½- to 1-inch pieces. Steam ingredients until completely soft.
Pulse to chop, then process until completely smooth
(add steaming liquid through the feed tube when processing if
necessary). Keeps frozen in ice cube trays for individual 1-ounce
portions.
Butter Chopping/Mixing Blade
Slicing or Shredding
Disc
High For creaming: Have butter at room temperature. Cut into 1-inch
pieces. Process, scraping bowl as necessary. For compound
(flavored) butters, process flavoring ingredients, such as herbs,
zest, vegetables, etc., before adding butter. For shredding/slicing:
Freeze briefly. Use light to medium pressure to shred or slice.
Shredded butter is great for preparing certain pastry doughs.
Sliced butter is great for serving alongside corn on the cob or
freshly made rolls.
Crumbs (Bread,
Cookie, Cracker,
Chip)
Chopping/Mixing Blade Pulse
and High
Break into pieces. Pulse to break up, and then process until
desired consistency. This will make perfect bread/cracker/chip
crumbs for coating meats and fish. Processed cookies make
delicious pie and cake crusts.
Fresh Herbs Chopping/Mixing Blade Pulse Wash and dry herbs thoroughly. Pulse to roughly chop. Continue
pulsing until desired consistency is achieved.
Ground Meat Chopping/Mixing Blade Pulse Cut meat into 1-inch pieces. Pulse to chop, about 25 long
pulses, or until desired consistency is achieved. If a purée
is desired, continue to process. Never chop/purée more than
2 pounds at one time. Make sure to never process meat
containing bones.
“Ice Cream” Chopping/Mixing Blade Pulse
and High
Put frozen fruit cut into 1-inch pieces into the work bowl, with
liquid (juice or milk), any desired sweeteners, such as sugar,
honey, simple syrup and other flavors. Pulse to break up.
Process until smooth.