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Helpful Hints
■Organize processing tasks to
minimize bowl cleanup. Process dry
or firm ingredients before liquid
ingredients.
■Do not overfill work bowl or mini
bowl. For thin mixtures, fill work
bowl up to 1⁄2to 2⁄3full. For thicker
mixtures, fill work bowl up to 3⁄4full.
For liquids fill up to the maximum
level as described on page 16. When
chopping, the work bowl should be no
more than 1⁄3to 1⁄2full. Use the mini
bowl for up to 1 cup of liquid or 1⁄2
cup solids.
■To capitalize on the speed of the
processor, drop ingredients to be
chopped through the feed tube while
the processor is running, whether
using the work bowl or the mini bowl.
■Position slicing and shredding discs
so that cutting surface is to the right
of the feed tube to allow blade a full
rotation before contacting food.
■Different foods require varying
degrees of pressure for best shredding
and slicing results. In general, use
light pressure for soft, delicate foods
(strawberries, tomatoes, etc.),
moderate pressure for medium foods
(zucchini, potatoes, etc.), and firmer
pressure for harder foods (carrots,
apples, hard cheeses, partially frozen
meats, etc.).
■Never process any food that is so hard
or firmly frozen that it cannot be
pierced with the tip of a sharp knife.
Hard food can cause damage to the
blade or power base. If a piece of
hard food, such as carrot, becomes
wedged or stuck on the blade, stop
the processor and remove the blade.
Carefully remove food from the blade.
■When preparing a cake or cookie
batter or quick bread, use the
multipurpose blade to cream fat and
sugar first. Add dry ingredients last.
Place nuts and fruit on top of flour
mixture to prevent overchopping.
Process nuts and fruits, using short
pulses, until blended with other
ingredients. Do not overprocess.
■Sometimes single foods, such as
carrots or celery, fall over in the feed
tube, resulting in an uneven slice. To
minimize this, position food at right
side of feed tube, or cut food in
several pieces and put all pieces in
feed tube together to help hold each
other in position.