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cover, lift the blade out carefully and remove the wedged piece.
Empty the bowl, reinsert the blade and lock the cover into place.
Process smaller amounts of the food at one time.
Don't store food or liquids in the food processor work bowl.
CLEANING AND STORING
YOUR POWERBLEND DUET
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FOOD PROCESSOR ATTACHMENT
Store the chopping blade and slicing/ shredding disc as you
would sharp knives – out of the reach of children.
The work bowl, cover, pusher, chopping blade, and slicing/
shredding disc are top shelf dishwasher-safe. When placing
parts in your dishwasher, insert the work bowl upside down.
Remember where you place the sharp blade and disc, and
be certain to unload the dishwasher carefully.
The gearbox collar is not immersible. To clean, just wipe
with a damp cloth.
If you wash the blades and discs by hand, do it carefully. Avoid
leaving them in soapy water where they may disappear from
sight. To clean the metal blade, fill the work bowl with soapy
water, hold the blade by its plastic center and move rapidly up
and down on the center shaft of the bowl. Use of a spray hose is
also effective. If necessary, use a brush.
The work bowl should not be placed in a microwave oven.
General Guidelines for Preparing Foods for Chopping
THE FOOD
HOW TO PREPARE IT
Fruits and vegetables
Peel and core if necessary. Remove large, hard
pits and seeds. Cut into ¾" pieces and process
up to 1 cup at a time.
Meat, poultry and fish
These should be very cold but not frozen. First,
cut into ¾" pieces. Put up to ½ pound in work
bowl. If you want to chop or purée more, do it
in batches of not more than ½ pound each.
Pulse/chop or run continuously until desired
consistency is reached. Check texture every
or 3 seconds to avoid overprocessing.
Bread, crackers or cookies
Break into 1" pieces and process continuously
until texture for crumbs is fine. For seasoned
crumbs, chop with herbs. For buttered crumbs,
dribble melted butter through feed tube while
processing – 1 teaspoon melted butter for each
slice of bread.
Crumb crusts
Chop crackers or cookies as described in
preceding paragraph. Add sugar, spices and
butter and cut into pieces, as specified
by recipe. Pulse/chop until combined.
Hard cheese “grated”
If it’s too hard to cut with a knife, don’t try to
chop it – it may damage blade. First cut into ¾"
pieces. Pulse/chop until pea-sized, then
process continuously. You can chop it as
coarse or as fine as you want. Simply run
machine longer for finer chop. Process up to 3
ounces at one time.
Whipping cream
Processor-whipped cream works well for most
purposes. It is excellent as a topping for
desserts or hot drinks. Cream must be at
refrigerator temperature. You can whip up to
1 cup at a time. Do not use food processor
whipped cream to prepare soufflés or other
foods where volume is required.
Parsley and other fresh herbs
Work bowl and metal blade must be clean and
dry. Remove stems; use leaves only. Dry herbs
completely. The more herbs you chop at once,
the finer chop you can get. Chopped herbs
keep for several days in the refrigerator in
airtight bags, or can be frozen for months.
