User Guide - Cuisinart FP-8 Series Instruction And Recipe Booklet

USER GUIDE

You can slice, shred and chop a multitude of vegetables and fruits in the Cuisinart Food Processor. What you may
not know is that the food processor is the perfect tool for a number of other tasks, such as softening butter, making
bread crumbs, making baby food, etc. Here is a guide that will help you in preparing just about anything!
FOOD TOOL
Soft Cheeses Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
(ricotta, cream
cheese, cottage
cheese, etc.)
Firm Cheeses Slicing/Shredding Disc
(Cheddar, Swiss,
Edam, Gouda, etc.)
Hard Cheeses Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
(Parmesan, Slicing/Shredding Disc
Romano, etc.)
Baby Food Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
Butter Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
Slicing/Shredding Disc
Bread/Cookie/ Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
Cracker/Chip
Crumbs
Milk Shakes/ Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
Smoothies
Fresh Herbs Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
Nuts Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
"Ice Cream" Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
Whipped Cream Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
Superfine Sugar Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
Ground Meat Chopping/Mixing/Dough Blade
DIRECTIONS
Have cheese at room temperature. When applicable, cut into 1-inch pieces.
Process until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as
needed. Perfect for making cheesecakes, dips, pasta fillings, and more.
Cheese should be well chilled before slicing/shredding. Cut to fit feed tube.
Use light to medium pressure when slicing/shredding.
Chill cheese. If using the chopping blade, cut into ½-inch pieces. Pulse to
break up and then process until finely grated. This will produce a nice
grated cheese. If slicing or shredding, cut to fit feed tube. Use light to
medium pressure when slicing/shredding.
As for all fruit and vegetable purées, cut ingredients into
pieces. Steam ingredients until completely soft. Pulse to chop, then process
until completely smooth (add steaming liquid through the feed tube when
processing if necessary). To ensure there are no lumps, press mixture
through a fine mesh strainer. Keeps frozen in ice cube trays for individual
1-ounce portions.
For creaming : Have butter at room temperature. Cut into 1-inch pieces.
Process, scraping bowl as necessary. For compound (flavoured) butters,
process flavouring ingredients, such as herbs, zest, vegetables, etc., before
adding butter. For shredding/slicing: Freeze briefly. Use light to medium
pressure to shred or slice. Shredded butter is great for preparing certain
pastry doughs. Sliced butter is great for serving alongside corn on the cob
or freshly made rolls.
Break into pieces. Pulse to break up, and then process until desired
consistency. This will make perfect bread/cracker/chip crumbs for coating
meats and fish. Processed cookies make delicious pie and cake crusts!
For milk shakes, first add ice cream. While unit is running, add milk through
the feed tube until desired consistency is achieved. For smoothies, add fruit
first, then add the liquid through the feed tube while unit is running.
Wash and dry herbs VERY well. Pulse to roughly chop. Continue pulsing until
desired consistency is achieved.
Pulse to chop to desired consistency. To make a nut butter, pulse to break
up, and then process until smooth, stopping to scrape down as needed.
Put frozen fruit cut into 1-inch pieces into the work bowl, with liquid (juice
or milk), any desired sweeteners, such as sugar, honey, simple syrup, and
other flavors. Process until smooth.
Process well-chilled cream until cream begins to thicken. Add sugar as
desired; process continuously until cream reaches desired consistency. This
cream is dense and perfect as a whipped topping for cake or ice cream.
Process granulated sugar for about 1 minute until finely ground. Excellent
for using in meringues and other baked goods.
Cut meat into ½-inch pieces. Pulse to chop, about 14 long pulses, or until
desired consistency is achieved. If a purée is desired, continue to process.
¾
Never chop/purée more than pound at one time.
8
½
to 1-inch