apples, celery, citrus fruit,
potatoes and zucchini. Use
firm pressure for hard
vegetables like carrots
and yams.
PRACTICING
SLICING AND
SHREDDING
1. Insert a slicing or
shredding disc, put the
cover on the work bowl
and insert the food in
the feed tube.
2. Slide the pusher
into place, and apply
pressure to the pusher
while pressing down the
PULSE button. Release
the button as soon
as the food is sliced
or shredded.
3. You can load the feed
tube repeatedly without
removing work bowl
cover.
Simply grasp the pusher
and lift up. The pusher
assembly will come off easi-
ly, leaving the cover and
feed tube in place. Your
other hand is free to reload
the feed tube, and you do
not need to re-press the
ON button if it was
previously selected.
REMOVING
SLICED OR
SHREDDED FOOD
Before you do anything,
wait for the disc to stop
spinning. When it does,
unplug the unit, then hold
the work bowl handle and
turn it clockwise. Then lift;
the work bowl and cover will
come off together. Turn
cover clockwise to unlock
from work bowl.
Lift, remove, invert and
place on counter space.
Remove the slicing or
shredding disc.
Place two fingers under
each side of the disc and
lift it straight up. Place the
disc on top of the inverted
work bowl cover to minimize
drips and spills.
TECHNIQUES
FOR SLICING AND
SHREDDING
Small, round fruits
and vegetables:
For large berries, radishes
and mushrooms, trim the
bottom ends flat with a
knife. Insert the food
through the feed tube,
standing each piece on a
flat end. You can fill the tube
to about 1 inch (2.5cm) from
the top.
The bottom layer gives you
perfect slices for garnish.
If you want all the slices to
be perfect, it’s best to
process one layer at a time.
Long fruits
and vegetables:
Trim foods like bananas,
celery and zucchini by
cutting them into pieces
slightly shorter than the
feed tube. Cut both ends
flat. (Use a ruler as a guide,
or the pusher assembly.)
Fill the feed tube with the
pieces, standing them
vertically and adding
enough pieces so they are
solidly packed and cannot
tilt sideways as they are
sliced or shredded.
Small amounts of food:
Use the small feed tube and
the small pusher. Remove
the small pusher from the
pusher assembly. Place the
pusher assembly onto the
feed tube and press the
sleeve all the way down.
Cut the food in lengths
slightly shorter than the
feed tube. If slicing one or
two long, thin vegetables
like carrots, push them to
the far left. If you are slicing
a few vegetables that are
wide at one end and narrow
at the other (carrots, celery
or scallions) cut them in
half and pack in pairs,
alternating one wide end
up, one narrow end up.
French-cut green beans:
Trim fresh green beans to
feed tube widths. Stack in
the feed tube horizontally to
about one inch from the top.
Use the slicing disc, apply
light pressure to the pusher
and press the PULSE but-
ton until beans are sliced.
To make long, horizontal
slices of raw zucchini
or carrots, use the same
procedure.
Matchsticks or
julienne strips:
Process the food twice –
‘double slice’ it. Insert large
fruits or vegetables
(potatoes, turnips, zucchini,
apples) in the feed tube. Cut
pieces to fit the feed tube
horizontally from end to end.
Apply pressure to the push-
er while pressing the
PULSE button until the food
is sliced. You will get long
slices.
Remove the slices from the
work bowl and reassemble.
The slices should be assem-
bled horizontally with cut
edges facing front and back.
Reinsert them in the feed
tube, wedging them in
tightly. Slice them again.
You will obtain long julienne
strips.
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