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SLICING AND
SHREDDING CHEESE
Firm cheese like Swiss and Cheddar:
Cut the cheese into pieces to fit the feed tube. Put
it in the freezer until it is semi-frozen – hard to the
touch, but easily pierced with the tip of a sharp
knife. Stand the pieces in the feed tube and apply
light pressure to the pusher.
IMPORTANT:
Never try to slice soft cheese like
mozzarella or hard cheese like Parmesan. You may
damage the slicing disc or the food processor itself.
You can successfully shred most cheeses except
soft ones. The exception is mozzarella, which
shreds well if thoroughly chilled. Hard cheeses
like Parmesan shred well at room temperature.
Therefore, only attempt to slice or shred mozzarella
when well chilled and Parmesan when at room
temperature.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
Most problems with the food processor are easily
solved. Here are some possible problems and their
solutions.
Food is unevenly chopped:
Either you are trying to process too much food at
one time, or you are running the machine
continuously instead of pulsing on and off until
pieces of food are no larger than
1
⁄
2
-inch (1.25 cm)
cubes.
Liquid leaks from bottom of bowl onto motor
base:
Remove bowl from base as soon as you finish
processing. Do not remove metal blade first. When
bowl and blade are removed together, blade drops
down and forms an almost perfect seal against the
bowl.
Liquid leaks out between bowl and cover when
machine is running
:
You added too much liquid. Never use more than
3 cups (750 ml) thin, 6 cups (1.5 L) thick liquid.
The thicker the liquid, the more you can use. The
figures above are for thick mixtures like pancake
or cake batter.
Slices are uneven or slanted:
Pack feed tube more carefully. Maintain even
pressure on pusher.
Carrots or similar food falls over in feed tube:
Cut food into enough short pieces of equal height to
fill feed tube. To slice one or two pieces, use small
feed tube. Cut carrots in half and insert one piece
point down and the other stem down.
Sliced or shredded food piles up on one side of
work bowl:
This is normal. Remove disc occasionally and even
out processed food. When food gets close to
bottom of disc, empty work bowl.
A few pieces of food remain on top of
slicing or shredding disc:
This is normal. In most cases, you can shred more of
the food by moving the large pusher up and down,
allowing the piece to be shredded, or by reposition-
ing the piece in the feed tube and reshredding it.
Soft cheese, like mozzarella, spreads out and
collects on top of shredding disc:
The cheese was not cold enough, or the pressure
on the pusher was too great. To shred soft cheese,
do not push on the pusher, but let the cheese go
through by itself. Tap on the pusher to guide it
through.
SOME TECHNICAL DATA
The motor in your food processor operates on
standard line operating current. The appropriate
voltage and frequency for your machine are shown
on a label under the base.
An automatic, temperature-controlled circuit breaker
in the motor ensures complete protection against
motor burnout. If the processor runs for an
exceptionally long time when chopping, mixing or
kneading a thick or heavy mixture in successive
Type of Cheese
Chop
Shred
Slice
Soft
Brie, Camembert,
mozzarella, ricotta,
Liederkranz, cottage,
cream
yes
no
no
Semi-Soft
blue,
Fontina
Bel Paese
yes
yes
chill
chill
chill
no
Semi-Hard
Cheddar, Monterey
Jack, Longhorn,
Swiss, Jarlsberg,
Edam, Gouda,
Provolone
yes
yes
chill
chill
chill
chill
chill
yes
chill
chill
chill
chill
chill
Hard
Parmesan, Romano,
Pecorino, Sapsago
yes
yes
room
temp
no
