Food Processor Tips - Cuisinart CFP-800C Instruction And Recipe Booklet

FOOD PROCESSOR TIPS

You can slice, shred and chop a multitude of vegetables and fruits in the Cuisinart
may not know is that the food processor is the perfect tool for a number of other tasks, such as softening butter,
making breadcrumbs, making baby food, etc. Here is a guide that will help you in preparing just about anything!
FOOD TOOL
Soft Cheeses Chopping/Mixing/Dough
(ricotta, cream Blade
cheese, cottage
cheese, etc.)
Firm Cheeses Slicing/Shredding Disc
(Cheddar,
Swiss, Edam,
Gouda, etc.)
Hard Cheeses Chopping/Mixing/Dough
(Parmesan, Blade
Romano, etc.)
Slicing/Shredding Disc
Baby Food Chopping/Mixing/Dough
Blade
Butter Chopping/Mixing/Dough
Blade
Slicing/Shredding Disc
Bread/Cookie/ Chopping/Mixing/Dough
Cracker/Chip Blade
Crumbs
Milk Shakes/ Chopping/Mixing/Dough
Smoothies Blade
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
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 (flavored) butters, process flavoring
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. Never chop/
¾
purée more than pound at one time.
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