Calphalon ME600BL, User Manual

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Pulsing
Follow these steps to set the blender to pulse with short bursts of power.
step 1: Press the power button and the indicator light
will flash.
step 2: Press the “Pulse” button.
This button turns the blender on and, when
released, turns the blender off creating short
bursts of power.
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Pulsing allows you to chop ingredients into pieces rather than processing
them until smooth.
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Pulsing works well for chopping ingredients such as fruits, nuts,
vegetables, bread crumbs and cracker crumbs.
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For best results, allow the blades to stop between pulses so the food in
the blender jar settles around the blade.
Making a smoothie
The blender has a specially designed “Smoothie” button for processing your
favorite smoothies and creamy drinks. Follow these steps to set the blender
to make a smoothie.
step 1: Press the power button and the indicator light
will flash.
step 2: Press the “smoothie” button.
The blender will automatically run a specially
designed program for making smoothies. The
blender runs 30 seconds on liquify and then 30
seconds pulsing on and off chopping through
frozen bits of fruit, ice cream and/or ice cubes.
step 3: If desired, turn off the smoothie feature by pressing
the “smoothie” button a second time oR by pressing the
power button.
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Try using the smoothie feature for processing drinks with ice cubes, ice
cream and/or frozen fruit pieces.