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Tips and Techniques
Processing Charts
•For a more uniform consisten- cy, start with pieces of food that are similar in size. Cut food into
•This food processor is excel- lent to chop, mix, slice, or shred most foods. However, to maintain peak performance, do not use your food processor for the following: grinding grain, coffee beans or spices; slicing frozen meat; or crush- ing ice.
•When chopping foods, pulsing on and off will produce the best results.
•Operating time will depend on quantity of food being processed. Most foods can be sliced, chopped, or shredded in seconds. If unit is operated for 2 minutes continuously, let the processor rest about 4 minutes before continuing.
•Do not puree or mash starchy vegetables like potatoes as they are easily
•To slice or shred cheese, select firm cheese like Cheddar, Monterey Jack, or Swiss. For best results, process cheese that is well chilled.
•The Reversible Slicing/ Shredding Disc has a slicing blade on one side and shred- ding teeth on the other. The name engraved on the blade, facing up, is the function selected. Place on motor shaft with desired cutting edge fac- ing up.
•To julienne vegetables, slice then remove from bowl and restack the vegetables. Pack into food chute with slices ver- tical. Slice again to make
Disc attachments are reversible and labeled. This label should face up for the desired function. When using disc attachments, do not process past the MAX LEVEL on the Bowl.
| ATTACHMENT | FOODS |
| Chopping/Mixing Blade | Vegetables, Fruit, Meat, Nuts, |
| (chop, mince, knead, | Bread Dough, Hard Cheeses |
| mix, puree) | such as Parmesan (chilled) |
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| Slicing Disc | Vegetables, Fruit, |
| (slicing side facing UP) | Firm Cheeses (chilled) |
| Shredding Disc | Vegetables, |
| (shredding side facing UP) | Cheese (chilled) |
For best results do not exceed the following amounts when chopping, mincing, or pureeing with the Chopping/Mixing Blade.
| FOOD | MAXIMUM AMOUNT |
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| Fruits and | 3 to 4 cups (750 g to 1 L) | |
| Vegetables | (cut in 1” [2.5 cm] cubes) | |
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| Meats | 2 lbs. (900 g) (cut in 1” [2.5 cm] cubes) |
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| Parmesan or Romano | 15 ounces (425 g) (cut in 1” [2.5 cm] cubes) | |
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| Crackers | 14 cups (3.5 L) (can fill bowl and lid up | |
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| into chute) | |
| Nuts | 4 cups (1 L) | |
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