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FOOD TOOL SPEED DIRECTIONS
Soft Cheeses
(ricotta, cream
cheese, cottage
cheese, etc.)
Chopping/Mixing Blade Low or High Have cheese at room temperature. When applicable, cut into 1-inch
(2.5 cm) 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
Low If using the chopping blade, cut into ½-inch (1.25 cm) 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 Low
or High
As for all fruit and vegetable purées, cut ingredients into ½- to 1-inch
(1.25 to 2.5 cm) 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). To ensure
there are no lumps, press mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Keeps
frozen in ice cube trays for individual 1-ounce (30 g) portions.
Butter Chopping/Mixing Blade
Slicing or Shredding Disc
High For creaming: Have butter at room temperature. Cut into 1-inch
(2.5 cm) pieces. Process, scraping bowl as necessary. For compound
(flavoured) butters, process flavouring 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 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 VERY well. Pulse to roughly chop. Continue
pulsing until desired consistency is achieved.
Ground Meat Chopping/Mixing Blade Pulse and
High
Cut meat into ½-inch (1.25 cm) pieces. Pulse to chop, about 14 long
pulses, or until desired consistency is achieved. If a purée is desired,
continue to process. Never chop/purée more than 1½ pounds (750 g)
at one time.
“Ice Cream” Chopping/Mixing Blade High Put frozen fruit cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces into the work bowl,
with liquid (juice or milk), any desired sweeteners, such as sugar,
honey, simple syrup and other flavors. Process until smooth.
Milk Shakes/
Smoothies
Chopping/Mixing Blade Low For milk shakes, first add ice cream. While unit is running, add milk
through the feed tube until desired consistency is achieved. For
smoothies, add fruit first, then add the liquid through the feed tube
while unit is running.
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 soft
-
ening butter, making breadcrumbs, making baby food, etc. Here is a guide that will help you in preparing
just about anything!
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