Cuisinart DFP-3 manual Food Prep Guide, Food Blade Preparation/Method Results/Notes

shred with Handy Prep™ is limited only by size of receptacle under chute. You can replace full receptacle with empty one and continue slicing or shredding.

Wait until slicing or shred- ding disc stops spinning before you remove cover. When it stops, remove cover before trying to remove work bowl. Never try to remove cover and work bowl together; this could damage work bowl.

To remove slicing or shredding disc, grasp flat top of adapter stem and pull straight up. You must remove discs before removing work bowl.

Food Prep Guide

Your Cuisinart® Handy Prep™ makes many everyday food preparation tasks much easier and faster. Use these guidelines to get the best food results. For larger amounts (more than 3 cups processed) when slicing and shredding, use the chute attachment.

Food	Blade	Preparation/Method	Results/Notes
Bread	Metal blade	Break or cut into 1-inch or	Crumbs for fillings/ toppings/crusts. For
		smaller pieces. Pulse to	buttered bread crumbs, butter bread first
		chop, then process until	or add melted or softened butter through
		crumbs are desired texture	feed tube while processing. For herbed
			bread crumbs, chop herbs first.
Butter or	Metal blade	Chop garlic, herbs or zest	Smooth creamy flavored butter or
Cream		first. Cut butter/cheese into	cheese spreads.
Cheese,		tablespoon size pieces.
Flavored		Process until smooth;
Cheese Dips		add liquids last if using.
& Spreads
Cheeses,	Metal Blade	Remove hard rind, cut into	“Grated” hard cheese, texture from
Hard –		3/4-inch or smaller cubes. With	coarse to fine. Process longer for
Asiago,		machine running, drop through	finer texture.
Locatelli,		feed tube and process “grated”
Parmesan,		to desired texture.	Hard cheese should not be
Romano			shredded – use chopping
	Slicing Disc	Have cheese at room temperature.	technique for results similar to
		Remove hard rind. Stand pieces	grated/shredded cheeses.
		in feed tube – use light pressure
		to slice.

Cheeses,	Shredding Disc	Chill cheeses. Cut to fit feed
Medium-Hard	Slicing Disc	tube. Stand cheese in feed
Such as		tube; use light pressure to slice
Cheddar,		or shred.
Swiss, etc.

Shredded or sliced cheeses suitable for salads, pizzas, tacos, casseroles, etc.

Cheeses, Soft Shredding Disc	Chill (best results, freeze 20 –
Such as	30 minutes) cheese; cut to fit
Mozzarella	feed tube. Stand cheese in
	feed tube; use light pressure
	to shred.

Do not slice soft cheeses. Shredded cheeses are suitable for salads, pizzas, tacos, casseroles, etc.

Citrus Peel	Metal Blade	Remove zest from fresh, washed
		& dried citrus using vegetable
		peeler, leaving bitter white pith
		on fruit. Cut in 1-inch pieces.
		Pulse to chop, then process until
		zest is desired texture.

Chopped citrus zest. For best chop, add sugar or salt from recipe when processing.

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