Cuisinart DLC-1 Operating Techniques, Blade Position/Speed Ingredient Sharp/LO Blunt/HI Comments

OPERATING TECHNIQUES

Chop, grind and purée small amounts of food with the Mini-Prep®Processor. This table lists a number of ingredients in alphabetical order, and shows the recommended method of processing for each.

*If cheese is fresh and slightly crumbly, use the SHARP edge. ( Use the BLUNT edge for extremely hard, imported or older cheeses only. Many cheeses available are actually only semi-hard. )

	Blade Position/Speed
Ingredient:	Sharp/LO	Blunt/HI	Comments
anchovies	X
bacon	X		must be cooked crisp
butter	X
celery	X
cheese
hard*		X	chop no more than 2 ounces
semi-hard	X		(56g) at one time
semi-soft	Sharp/HI		must be chilled
soft	X		must be well chilled
chocolate			chop no more than 1ounce
bittersweet		X	(28g) at a time
milk chocolate		X	better results if chilled/refrigerated
cinnamon sticks		X
coffee beans		X	grind no more than 1/2 cup
fruit chips		X	(2 oz., 56g) at a time
garlic	X
ginger root	X
grain		X
green onions	X
herbs, fresh	X
horseradish	X
leeks	X
macaroons	X		must be brittle, like Italian amaretti
meats	X		meats should be cold but not frozen
mushrooms	X		or precooked
nutmeg		X	pulse about 5 times to break apart,
			then let run until finely chopped
nuts		X	must be chilled
olives	X
onions	X
peel, citrus	X
peppercorns		X
peppers, dried	X
peppers, fresh	X
scallions	X
seeds		X	like coriander, dill, cumin, poppy, etc.
shallots	X
vegetables, cooked	Sharp/HI		cook until soft, process to a smooth
			purée

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