too fine. Use a plastic spatula to scrape down any pieces that stick to inside of bowl.
Onions and other food with a high water content turn into a smooth purée very quickly. Do not over- chop - look at food frequently through work bowl.
To purée, follow same procedure as for chopping, but let machine run until food is a smooth purée.
New users are often surprised at how fast the processor works. You will quickly get used to its great speed.
These are some conditions that affect your results:
•Size of pieces you put in bowl – all should be about the same size.
•Amount of food you process – don’t add too much.
•Type of processing you choose – continuous or pulse/chopping.
ADDING FOOD
WHILE PROCESSING
To add liquid while the machine is running, pour it through open feed tube. This is especially useful when making mayonnaise or dressings.
A small hole in the pusher allows you to add liquids in a very slow, steady stream – useful when making sauces.
When you want to add small pieces of food like cheese, meat or garlic cloves while machine is running, drop them through open feed tube.
To prevent spills when adding sugar and other dry ingredients, use a funnel.
REMOVING PROCESSED FOOD
Before removing processed food, press Off button and wait for blade to stop spinning. Then remove cover by turning it counterclockwise. Never try to remove cover and work bowl together; this can damage work bowl.
It is important not to let metal blade fall out of work bowl as you empty it. Here are two ways to prevent it from falling out.
1.Before tilting bowl, use spatula to remove food from around blade. Carefully remove blade by the plastic hub.
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.
Your SmartPower Duet® Blender/Food Processor makes many everyday food preparation tasks much easier and faster. Follow these guidelines to get best results when using metal blade with food you prepare most often.
NOTE: 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
General Guidelines for Preparing Foods for Processing
with the Food Processor Chopping Blade.
THE FOOD | HOW TO PREPARE IT. |
Fruit and vegetables | Peel and core if necessary. Remove large hard pits and seeds. |
| Cut into 3/4"(1.9cm) pieces and process up to 1 cup (250ml) at a time. |
Meat, poultry and fish | These should be very cold but not frozen. First, cut into |
| 3/4"(1.9cm) pieces. Put up to 1/2 pound (225g) in work bowl. If you |
| want to chop or purée more, do it in batches of not more than |
| 1/2 pound (225g) 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"(2.5cm) 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 (5ml) melted butter to 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 3/4"(1.9cm) pieces. Pulse/chop until |
| |
| or as fine as you want. Simply run machine longer for finer |
| chop. Process up to 3 ounces (85g) at one time. |
Whipping cream | |
| excellent as a topping for desserts or hot drinks. Cream must |
| be at refrigerator temperature. You can whip up to 1 cup (250ml) |
| at a time. |
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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