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FOOD

TOOL

DIRECTIONS

Soft Cheeses 
(ricotta, cream 
cheese, cottage 
cheese, etc.)

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

Have cheese at 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/Shredding Disc

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/Shredding Disc

Chill cheese. If using the chopping blade, cut into 

½

-inch 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/Dough Blade

As 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/Shredding Disc

For creaming

:

 Have butter at room temperature. Cut into 1-inch 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. 

Bread/Cookie/
Cracker/Chip 
Crumbs

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

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!

Milk Shakes/
Smoothies

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

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. 

Fresh Herbs

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

Wash and dry herbs VERY well. Pulse to roughly chop. Continue pulsing until 
desired consistency is achieved.

Nuts

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

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. 

"Ice Cream"

 

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

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. 

Whipped Cream

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

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. 

Superfine Sugar

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

Process granulated sugar for about 1 minute until finely ground. Excellent 
for using in meringues and other baked goods. 

Ground Meat

Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade

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 

¾

 pound at one time.

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 
bread crumbs, making baby food, etc. Here is a guide that will help you in preparing just about anything!

USER GUIDE

Summary of Contents for FP-8 Series

Page 1: ...Cuisinart Elemental 8 Food Processor FP 8 Series For your safety and continued enjoyment of this product always read the instruction book carefully before using INSTRUCTION AND RECIPE BOOKLET...

Page 2: ...g disc base with stem adapter and instruction recipe book CAUTION THE CUTTING TOOLS HAVE VERY SHARP EDGES To avoid injury when unpacking the parts please follow these instructions 1 Place the box on a...

Page 3: ...verride or tamper with cover interlock mechanism Cleaning To protect against risk of electrical shock do not put base in water or other liquids General 1 This appliance should not be used by or near c...

Page 4: ...us voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of fire or electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended...

Page 5: ...2 8 cup work bowl 3 Cover with feed tube 4 Pusher that slides inside the feed tube 5 Metal chopping mixing dough blade 6 Fine reversible slicing shredding disc 7 Medium reversible slicing shredding di...

Page 6: ...Low Control Buttons The High and Low controls are buttons that allow the machine to run until Off is selected 1 Properly assemble and engage the machine 2 Add ingredients to the work bowl either throu...

Page 7: ...ds Always process with even pressure For round fruits or vegetables Remove a thick slice on the bottom of the food so that it sits upright in the feed tube If food does not fit in the feed tube cut in...

Page 8: ...h Blade 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...

Page 9: ...uld be performed by an authorized service representative FOR YOUR SAFETY Like all powerful electrical appliances a food processor should be handled with care Follow these guidelines to protect yoursel...

Page 10: ...ly add 2 tablespoons of flour through the feed tube while the machine is running 4 Problem Dough doesn t clean inside of the work bowl Solution Amount of dough may exceed maximum capacity of your food...

Page 11: ...service Cuisinart cannot be held responsible for in transit damage or for packages that are not delivered to us Lost and or damaged products are not covered under warranty Please be sure to include yo...

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