Cuisinart DLC-854 User manual

CONTENTS
Introduction 1
TheParts 3
How to Assemble
the Parts 6
How to Make Pasta 11
How to Disassemble
the Parts 14
Pointers for
Perfect Pasta 16
Recipes 18
Warranty 32
IMPORTANT
SAFEGUARDS
When using electrical appliances,
always follow these basic safety
precautions:
1. Read all instructions.
2. To protect against electrical
shock, do not placebase in water
or other liquid.
3. Unplugappliance from outlet
when not in use, before putting on
or taking off parts, and before
cleaning. To unplug, grasp plug
and pull from electrical outlet.
Never pull the cord.
4. Do not operate any appliance with
a damaged cord orplug, or after
appliance has been dropped or
damaged in any way. Return
appliance to the nearest
authorized service facility for
examination, repair or
adjustment.
5. Do not let cord hang over edge of
table or counter, or touch hot
surfaces.
6. Make sure motor has stopped
completelybefore disassembling.
7. Do not use outdoors.
8. Avoid contact with moving parts.
Never push food into the hopper
by hand. Always use the
pusher/cutter.
9. Keep hands, hair and clothing as
well as spatulas and other utensils
awayfrom food hopper during
operation to prevent injury and/ or
damage to the Pasta Maker .
10. Be sure that the Pasta Maker is
assembledas described and that
the hopper is securelylocked in
place before trying to operate the
appliance.
11. The use of attachments not
recommended or sold by
Cuisinarts, Inc. may causefire,
electric shock or other injury.
12. This Pasta Maker is UL listed for
household use only. Use it only for
food preparation as described in
this booklet.
13. Close supervisionis necessary
when any applianceis used by
childrenor near them.
14. Maximum current ratingof
5.4 amperes is based on the
attachment that draws the
greatest current. Other
recommended attachments may
draw significantly less current.
SAVE THESE
INSTRUCTIONS

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I
INTRODUCTION
Owners of DLC-8 Series food
processor can now enjoy th e delights
of fresh, hom e made pa ta with
extraordinary ease f preparation.
Mixing, rolling and cutting-pasta by
hand is uch a difficult and time-
con umin goperation that all but the
mo t dedicated of pasta lover s make do
with the packaged variety-a faint
'ub titute for the real thing.
Th ere are ma c hine to implify the
ta k of makin g pasta in the hom e. An
ingeniou devic e that passes pa ta
through an ever - narrowing set of
ro1lers
ha been around for a long tim e.
But th e £aste t-worki ng and most
versa tHe appliance- a fairly recent
arrival on the market - is a machin e
thatextrudes trand ofpata.The
operator f ee ds a mixture of flour, L iquid
and seasonings into th e machine ,
which forces the mixtur e und er great
pressure through a disc - or die plate
- that i perforated to produce a
particular pa sta shap e. Many such die
plates arc available , to produc e pasta in
all its variety of sizes and shape .
Cuisinart , taking
advantage of the
powerful
and efficient motor in it
DLC-8 eries of food processor , ha
developed a pasta extruding attachment
for us with those proces or .T mak
pasta with it, you fir t pr e pare a mixture
of flour, liquid
and easonings in the
work bow lof the food proces or. Wh n
the mixture i properly combined and
processed, it looks crumb ly, with
granules a bit larg er lhan com meat.
When the pasta mix i rea dy , you
remove
the work b wl as se mbly from
the process or ba e, replacing it with the
Pasta Maker.
Next you tr an f r the
pasta mix to
the hopper of the Pasta
Maker and tum on the proces or motor.
ln seconds, finished pa s ta starts to
extrud through lh pa ta di ca t the
side of the Pasta Maker.
The Cuis!narl DLC-854 Pasta Maker fit
on th base of any DLC-8 Series food
ptoces
or. It includes six int rchang able
discs,
or die . Th availabl pasta
hape range fr om the thread-lik
strands known as spaghettini to wid ,
flat lasagna
noodle s.
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THE PARTS
The Paf:'ta Maker includes thes ·e parts:
A - the hou ing
8 - t he sli de box
C -the spiral extrud i ng rod
D - 6
interchangeable pasta di scs
'E - the screw cap
F - the wrench
G - the hopper
H - the pusher/cutter
These parts fit togeth r, forming a
compact unit that slid s over the motor
haft of any Cuisinart DLC-8 S ries f od
processor. The hopper is the final piece
to b
assemb l ed . When it slides into
place, it
depre s · an activator r d that
prepares the food processor motor or
operation . You p ·rat· th Pa taMak r
from the
two l evers on the ba e of the
food
processor .
Before
using the Pasta Mak r for the
first time, r ad the fo ll owing pag ,
exam Lnin g ach part as you r ad its
description .
Then put the Pasta Maker together ,
m unt it on lhe fo d pro e sor and take
it apart again, fo ll o~ving the instruction
in
the booklet. You'll fe I more
confident about oper, ting th Past-a
Maker forth first time if you've alr eady
practiced it s a emb ly.
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The housing has a square compartment
on its left side, to receive the slide box.
Note the guide rails fT), one on each
side. They fit into grooves along the
sides of the slide box.
On top of the housing are:
K- a storage shelffor discs
L- a circular opening for the
hopper funnel
M- a curvedtrack for the hopper
safety lock
N- a shaft-mounting indicator in
the center
The tide box ba a rectangular opening
on the top, where the pa ta mix feeds
through from the hopp er funneL Note
th tabs on each ide (P), where the
hopper funnel locks . At one end of the
box is a large circular opening with a
threaded cuff. The spira l extruding rod
fit into thi opening and a pasta disc
fits over it. Two tabs (Q) , on th e top
and bottom of the opening, guide yo u
in placing
the pa ta disc.
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B
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One end of the spiral extruding rod
terminates in a six-sided (hexagonal)
piece of metaJ [A);
the other tenn.inates
in a circular metal tip (B). The
hexagonal endfits through the sl.ide
box to seat itself in the housing. The
circular metal tipfits into the ceoter
hole
of a pasta disc.
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D
There arc six pasta discs, to make pa ta
of various shapes.
The three discs
shown above
make these round
varieties of pasta:
C- spaghe. ttin i
D - spaghetti
E-macaroni
F
G
H
The three discs shown in this
photograph make these flat varieties of
pasta:
F-linguine
G- fettuccine
H- la agna

K
Each pasta disc is made up of two
concentriccircles, one larger than the
other. Placea disc on the counter,
small circledown.
Note the central
hole (11
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it fits over the circular tip of
the spiral extrudingrod. Note the slots
(K) on top and bottOm of the rim; they
fit over the tabs on the slidebox
opening. (Themacaroni dJsc has
two
parts. Place the large one on the
counter, small circledown. Hold the
small one with its prongsdown and
drop
it into the largeone, matching its
tabs to the slots in the large part.)
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The inside of the screw cap is threaded,
to fit the cuff on
the slide box.
Tabs (L) in the wrench fit channels {M)
on the screw cap.
The hopper bin holds the pasta mix,
which feeds into the extruder through
a round funnel at one corner. Slide
locks (N) at the end of the funnel .At
over tabs in the slide box opening.
Ce ntered on the r ear undersideof the
hopper is alocking bar that slides into
the curved track on topof the housing.
The pu sher/cutter has a flat blade on
one end and a rectangularrod on the
other. It has three uses. Th e flat blade
guides
the pasta mix tOward the hopper
f unn eland cuts off the pasta as it is
extruded through the disc. The rod
pushes
the pasta mix down into the
hopper funnel.
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HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE PARTS
Place the hou ing nits ide, with the
square eo mp arn ncnt up. Pick up th
s Hd e box as hown in the photograph.
Slid
it along the guide rails into t he
compartment on the hou i11 g,
MAKING URE TO PUSH IT ALL
THE WAY lN.
NOTE:
A ll the parts of your n ew Pasta Maker
are perf c
tl y clean, and these assembly
instructions are based on the use of
cl ean par ts. Each tim you asse mbl th
Pa s ta Maker, in pect each part to make
su re it is free of a ll pa ta r esidu . Bit s of
pasta s
ti cking to a part f the Pa ta
Maker may prevent a close fit with a
matching p
art and thu s inter fe re with
proper operation.
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lts outside corne rs hou ld b flu h with
the quar rim on the h ou ing.
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Pick up the piral ext rudin g rod,
hold
ing it at th e c ircul ar t ip end . ln ert
it in the lide box, fitting the hexagonal
end through the opening at the back of
th e box. MAKE URE lT I FIRMLY
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When it i :
• you can1t rotate it
1 and
• only the circular metal tip sticks
up above th e slide box pening.
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el ect the desired pa ta di c. (AlJ
openings must be free of any pasta
residuc
1 especially
the center ho i .) Fit
it over the lide box opening) matching
slots ( A) to tabs ( BJ.
MAKE SURE IT
1S FIRMLY SEATED.
You should not be able to rotate it.
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Twist thescrewcapall the way down
onto the threaded cuff. IJ the cap jams
during the
fi rstco mpl ete turn, remove
it and start again.
Wh
en it's on right, you won't see any
threads beneath it and the pasta disc
will be flush wah the screw cap.
(Exception:
the macaroni disc sticks
out a little .)
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Now you're rea dy to place the housing
on the base of theDLC-8 Series food
processor. Ju
st like the work bowl, it fits
over the protruding motorshaft on the
proce
sso r base.
The shaft-mounting indicator (A) on t
op
of the housing helpsyou to place it on
the processor base . It must be lined up
with the motorshaft.