User Guide - Cuisinart Elemental 11 Instruction Booklet And Recipe Booklet

USER GUIDE

You can slice, shred and chop a multitude of vegetables and fruits in the Cuisinart
you may not know is that the food processor is the perfect tool for a number of other tasks, such as soft-
ening 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 Blade
(ricotta, cream
cheese, cottage
cheese, etc.)
Firm Cheeses Slicing or Shredding Disc
(Cheddar, Swiss,
Edam, Gouda,
etc.)
Hard Cheeses Chopping/Mixing Blade
(Parmesan, Slicing or Shredding Disc
Romano, etc.)
Baby Food Chopping/Mixing Blade
Butter Chopping/Mixing Blade
Slicing or Shredding Disc
Crumbs (Bread, Chopping/Mixing Blade
Cookie, Cracker,
Chip)
Fresh Herbs Chopping/Mixing Blade
Ground Meat Chopping/Mixing Blade
"Ice Cream" Chopping/Mixing Blade
Milk Shakes/ Chopping/Mixing Blade
Smoothies
SPEED DIRECTIONS
Low or High Have cheese at room temperature. When applicable, cut into 1-inch
(2.5 cm) pieces. Process until smooth, stopping to scrape down the
sides of the bowl as needed. Perfect for making cheesecakes, dips,
pasta fillings and more.
High Cheese should be well chilled before slicing/shredding. Cut to fit feed
tube. Use light to medium pressure when slicing/shredding.
Low If using the chopping blade, cut into ½-inch (1.25 cm) 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.
Pulse and Low As for all fruit and vegetable purées, cut ingredients into ½- to 1-inch
or High (1.25 to 2.5 cm) 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 (30 g) portions.
For creaming : Have butter at room temperature. Cut into 1-inch
High
(2.5 cm) 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.
High 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!
Pulse Wash and dry herbs VERY well. Pulse to roughly chop. Continue
pulsing until desired consistency is achieved.
Cut meat into ½-inch (1.25 cm) pieces. Pulse to chop, about 14 long
Pulse and
High pulses, or until desired consistency is achieved. If a purée is desired,
continue to process. Never chop/purée more than 1½ pounds (750 g)
at one time.
High Put frozen fruit cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) 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.
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.
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