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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 (flavored) butters, process flavoring
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.
FOOD PROCESSOR TIPS
You can slice, shred and chop a multitude of vegetables and fruits in the Cuisinart
®
Kitchen Central. 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 preparing just about anything!
