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You can slice, shred, chop and dice 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 prepar-
ing 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 (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
Pulse
and High
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 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). Keeps frozen in ice
cube trays for individual 1-ounce (28 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
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.
