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4. Turn the dial to the OFF position
when finished.
5. Remove the pusher and refill ingredients as
needed. Repeat.
NOTE: Always use pusher when slicing or
shredding. Never put your hands in the feed
tube when unit is running.
TIPS FOR EASY USE
• It is recommended that you practice
with your food processor before starting your
first recipe.
• For best results when chopping, food should
be cut into 1-inch uniform pieces.
• Another tip for chopping/processing is to use
the Pulse feature. This way you are able to
control how fine or coarse your results will be.
• Using the Pulse chopping technique, you get
an even chop without overprocessing. Check
the texture frequently by looking through
the cover. If you want a finer chop, continue
pulsing until you achieve the desired texture.
• Onions and other foods with a high water
content will quickly end up as a purée unless
carefully pulsed to make sure they are not
overprocessed.
• Do not overfill work bowl. For thin mixtures
like a batter, the bowl should be filled no more
than ¹∕³ to ½ full. For thicker mixtures like
pureés, fill the work bowl ¾ full. For chopping,
fill the work bowl no more than halfway.
• When slicing or shredding, foods should first
be cut to fit the feed tube. For best results,
food should fit snugly, but not so tightly that it
prevents the pusher from moving.
• For longer shreds or slices, food should
be placed horizontally in the feed tube. For
shorter shreds or slices, place food vertically
in feed tube.
• Soft cheeses, like mozzarella, should be
placed in the freezer for 20 minutes to harden
slightly before shredding.
Important: Never try to slice soft cheeses
like mozzarella.
For purées
• Cut food into 1-inch, uniform pieces.
• Pulse to chop coarsely, then turn to HIGH
speed and process continuously until food is
puréed. (NOTE: Cooked white potatoes are an
exception to this procedure. They develop a
gluey texture when processed with the metal
blade. If you wish to use the food processor
to make mashed potatoes, shred the cooked
potatoes using the fine shredding disc.)
Chopping hard cheese
• To chop hard cheese like Parmesan, cut
cheese into ½-inch cubes. Pulse about 5
times to break up, then process on HIGH
speed until finely chopped.
Important: Never try to process cheese
that is too hard to cut with a knife. You
may damage the blade or the machine.
Chopping fresh herbs
• Thoroughly dry the herbs, work bowl and
metal chopping blade. Remove stems from
herbs. Add leaves to bowl and pulse to chop.
Chopping meat
• The food should be very cold, but not frozen.
• Cut into 1-inch pieces to ensure an even chop.
Process no more than 12 ounces at one time.
Pulse until evenly chopped. Check the texture
often to avoid overprocessing.
Chopping nuts
• Chop no more than 1 cup at a time.
• Pulse to chop, checking frequently to avoid
nuts clumping together in a nut butter.
• To make nut butters, process up to 1 cup at a
time on HIGH speed until smooth, stopping to
scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
To make crumbs and crumb crusts
• Cut or break bread, crackers or cookies into
1-inch pieces and place in work bowl. Turn to
HIGH speed and process continuously until
pieces reach the desired texture.
To make bread dough
• The unit is designed to mix and knead dough
in a fraction of the time it takes to do it by
hand. You will get perfect results every time if
you follow these tips:
NOTE: Recommended maximum amount of
flour is 2½ cups or 1½ cups of whole-grain
flour. If a bread dough calls for more than
the recommended amounts of flour, mix and
knead it in equal batches.
• The basics of preparing bread dough in
the food processor are to process the dry
ingredients in the work bowl, and to very
