To Chop Nuts; To Make Peanut Butter; To Make Flavored Butters. Spreads And Dips - Cuisinart DLC-10C - Classic Original Food Processor Use And Care Manual

To chop nuls
Chop no more thai 2 cups al one
time. Press Ihe lever down to
PULSE and release il. repeating
several times Check Irequently to
avoid Idling powdered nuls clump
logelher in a nut butter.
When a recipe calls lor flour or
sugar, add some lo the nuts belore
you chop them — about 1/2 cup
for each cup o! nuts This allows
you lo chop Ihe nuts as line as you
wan! without lurning Idem into a
nut bulter.
You can also chop nuls with a
shredding disc The optional Fire
Shredding Disc is particularly
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To make peanut bulter and
other nut butlers
Process up lo 2 cups of nuts. Let
Ihe machine tun conlinuously. After
2 or 3 minules, the ground nuls will
lorm a ball lhat will gradually
smooth out. Scrape the sides of the
bowl aid conlinue processing until
drops ol oil are visible. Taste lor
consistency The longer you
process, the softer the butler will
be. For chunk slyle, add a handful
al nuls just alter the ball olnul
butter begins to smooth out. To
make cashew butter, add a little
bland vegetable oil. Processor nut
butters contain no preservatives.
Store in Ihe refrigerator to keep
ihem without separating.
To make flavored butters,
spreads and dips
Cul room-temperature butter into
tablespoon size pieces. Process
flavoring ingredients first —
anchovies, cheese, herbs. e!c. —
chopping them fine. Be sure the
work bowl is clean and dry. Add
small hard mgredienls like garlic
and hard cheese ihrough Ihe feed
lube while the machine is running
Next, add the butler and process
until smooth Add any liquid
ingredients last, while the
processor is running, and process
just long enough lo blend. Process
ingredients for spreads and dips in
Ihe same way They should be at
room temperature and cul into 1-
inch cubes, or added by
tablespoonfuls.
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