Food Processor User Guide - Cuisinart CompleteChef FPC-100 Instruction Booklet

FOOD PROCESSOR USER GUIDE

Food Tool
Soft Cheeses Metal Chopping Blade
(ricotta, cream
cheese, cottage
cheese, etc.)
Firm Cheeses Slicing or Shredding
(Cheddar, Swiss, Disc
Edam, Gouda,
etc.)
Hard Cheeses Metal Chopping Blade
(Parmesan,
Slicing or Shredding
Romano, etc.)
Disc
Baby Food Metal Chopping Blade
Butter Metal Chopping Blade
Slicing or Shredding
Disc
Crumbs (Bread, Metal Chopping Blade
Cookie, Cracker,
Chip)
Fresh Herbs Metal Chopping Blade
Ground Meat Metal Chopping Blade
"Ice Cream" Metal Chopping Blade
Milk Shakes/ Metal Chopping Blade
Smoothies
Nuts Metal Chopping Blade
Superfine Sugar Metal Chopping Blade
PREPPING
Speed Directions
Low to Have cheese at room temperature. When applicable, cut
gently into 1-inch pieces. Process until smooth, stopping to
mix or scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Perfect for
High to making cheesecakes, dips, pasta fillings and more.
whip
High Cheese should be well chilled before slicing or shredding.
Cut to fit Feed Tube. Use light to medium pressure when
slicing or shredding.
Pulse If using the metal chopping blade, cut into ½-inch pieces.
and High 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 or shredding.
Pulse As for all fruit and vegetable purées, cut ingredients into
and High ½- to 1-inch 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). Keeps frozen in ice cube trays for
individual 1-ounce portions.
High 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 or 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.
Pulse Break into pieces. Pulse to break up, and then process until
and High desired consistency. This will make perfect bread/cracker/
chip crumbs for coating meats and fish. Processed cookies
make delicious pie and cake crusts.
Pulse Wash and dry herbs thoroughly. Pulse to roughly chop.
Continue pulsing until desired consistency is achieved.
Pulse Cut meat into 1-inch pieces. Pulse to chop, about 25 long
pulses, or until desired consistency is achieved. If a purée
is desired, continue to process. Never chop/purée more
than 2 pounds at one time. Make sure to never process
meat containing bones.
Pulse Put frozen fruit cut into 1-inch pieces into the Work Bowl,
and High with liquid (juice or milk), any desired sweetners, such as
sugar, honey, simple syrup and other flavors. Pulse to break
up. Process until smooth.
Low 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.
Pulse Pulse to chop to desired consistency. To make a nut butter,
and High pulse to break up, and then process until smooth, stopping
to scrape down as needed.
High Process granulated sugar for about 1 minute until finely
ground. Excellent for using in meringues and other baked
goods.
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