Cuisinart BFP-10CH General Guidelines for Preparing Foods for Chopping, Food HOW to Prepare IT

2.Hold top of blade in place with finger or spatula while pouring out processed food.

At this point, you may either lift the work bowl off motor base, or hold the collar at the base and turn the handle of the bowl counterclockwise and lift blade straight up.

NOTES: Occasionally, a piece of food may become wedged between the blade and the work bowl. If this happens, remove the 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™ 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 2
	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.

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