To Chop Hard Food Like Garlic; To Chop Parsley, Other Fresh Herbs; To Chop Peel From Citrus Fruit; To Chop Sticky Fruit Like Dates - Cuisinart DLC-10C - Classic Original Food Processor Use And Care Manual

TECHNIQUES FOR CHOPPING AND PUREEING
WITH THE METAL BLADE

To chop hard food like garlic,

hard cheese
Remove the small pusher, press
the ON lever and drop the food
through the small feed tube while
the machine is running.
Small foods like garlic can be
dropped in whole. Large foods
like hard cheese should be cut
into 1-inch pieces. This method
of processing minces garlic, shal
lots and onions. Hard cheese and
coconut will have the same tex
ture as if they had been hand
grated.
IMPORTANT: Never try to
process cheese that is too hard to
cut with a knife. You may dam
age the blade or the machine.
To chop parsley and other Iresh
herbs
The herbs, the work bowl and the
metal blade must all be thorough
ly clean and dry. Remove stems
from herbs. Add leaves to bowl
and process until they are
chopped as fine as you want.
The more herbs you chop at a
time, the finer chop you can
obtain. If completely dry when
chopped, parsley and other herbs
will keep for at least 10 days,
stored in an airtight bag in the
refrigerator. They may be frozen
for months, stored in an airtight
container or bag.
To chop peel from citrus fruit or
lo chop sticky frull like dates or
raisins
For citrus, remove the peel with a
vegetable peeler, leaving on the
white pith, which is bitter tasting.
Cut the peel into lengths of 2
inches or less and process with
1/2 cup of granulated
until finely chopped. This may
take 2 minutes or longer.
For sticky fruit like dates, raisins,
prunes and candied fruit, first
freeze the fruit for about 10 min
utes. Add to it some of the flour
called for in the recipe. Use no
more than 1 cup of flour for each
cup of fruit.
COMPACT FLAT COVER
Use the Compact Cover for added
convenience when your recipe
calls for chopping, mixing, puree-
ing and kneading. It is particularly
useful when you are preparing
baked goods such as cakes,
cookies, pies and breads.
sugar
To assemble the Compact Caver:
Begin with the work bowl and the
metal blade, dough blade, or whisk
attachment in place. Place the
Compact Cover on the work bowl
so that the Cuisinart logo written
on the cover is face up and read
able. Then turn cover COUNTER
CLOCKWISE to lock into place.
To disassemble the Compact
Cover:
Place one hand near the Cuisinart
logo and one hand on opposite
end of cover: turn cover CLOCK
WISE. Lift cover up and off work
bowl.