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FOOD TOOL SPEED DIRECTIONS
Soft Cheeses
(ricotta, cream
cheese, cot-
tage cheese,
etc.)
Chopping/Mixing/
Dough Blade
Low or High Bring cheese to 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
Shredding:
Low or Mix
Slicing: Low
or 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/
Dough Blade
Slicing or
Shredding Disc
Shredding:
Low or Mix;
Slicing: Low
If using the chopping blade, cut into ½-inch pieces. Pulse to break up and then pro-
cess until finely grated. This will produce a nicely grated cheese. If slicing or shred-
ding, cut to fit feed tube. Use light to medium pressure when slicing/shredding.
Baby Food Chopping/Mixing/
Dough Blade
Pulse and
Low, High,
or Mix
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).
To ensure there are no lumps, press mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Keeps
frozen in ice cube trays for individual 1-ounce portions.
Butter Chopping/Mixing/
Dough Blade
Slicing or
Shredding Disc
High For creaming: Bring butter to 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 shred-
ding/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/
Dough Blade
High Break into pieces. Pulse to break up further, and then process until desired consis-
tency. 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/
Dough Blade
Pulse Wash and dry herbs VERY well. Pulse to roughly chop. Continue pulsing until desired
consistency is achieved.
Ground Meat Chopping/Mixing/
Dough Blade
Pulse and
High
Cut meat into ½-inch 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 at one time.
Ice Cream Chopping/Mixing/
Dough Blade
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.
Process until smooth.
Milk Shakes/
Smoothies
Chopping/Mixing/
Dough 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.
Nuts Chopping/Mixing/
Dough Blade
Pulse and
High
Pulse to chop to desired consistency. To make a nut butter, pulse to break up, and
then process until smooth, stopping to scrape down as needed.
Superfine
Sugar
Chopping/Mixing/
Dough Blade
High Process granulated sugar for about 1 minute until finely ground. Excellent for using
in meringues and other baked goods.
Whipped
Cream
Chopping/Mixing/
Dough Blade
Low Process well-chilled cream until cream begins to thicken. Add sugar as desired;
process continuously until cream reaches desired consistency. This cream is dense
and perfect as a whipped topping for cake or ice cream.
USER GUIDE
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 softening butter,
making breadcrumbs, making baby food, etc. Here is a guide that will help you in preparing just about anything!
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