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7 To chop hard food like garlic, hard cheese Small foods like garlic can be dropped in whole. Larger foods like hard cheese should be cut into 1-inch pieces. Remove the small pusher, press the ON lever and drop the food through the small feed tube while the machine is running. This method of processing minces garlic, shallots and onions. Hard cheese and coconut will have the same texture as if they had been hand grated. IMPORTANT: Never try to process cheese that is too hard to cut with a knife. You may damage the blade or the machine. To chop peel from citrus fruit (zest) or to chop sticky fruit like dates or raisins For citrus, remove only the peel (zest) with a vegetable peeler. Do not remove the white pith, which is bitter tasting. Cut the peel into lengths of 2 inches or less and p rocess with 1/2 cup of granulated sugar from the recipe 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 minutes. 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, puréeing and kneading. It is particularly useful when you are preparing baked goods such as cakes, cookies, pies and breads. To chop parsley and other fresh herbs The herbs, the work bowl and the metal blade must all be thoroughly 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 assemble the Compact Cover Begin with the work bowl and the metal blade or dough blade in place. Place the Compact Cover on the work bowl so that the Cuisinart logo written on the cover is face up and readable. Then turn cover COUNTERCLOCKWISE to lock into place. Make sure the small cap is in place before using. To disassemble the Compact Cover: Place one hand near the Cuisinart logo and one hand on opposite end of cover; turn cover CLOCKWISE. Lift cover up and off work bowl. Do not use the Compact Cover with any of the slicing or shredding discs.

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To chop hard food like garlic,
hard cheese
Small foods like garlic can be
dropped in whole. Larger foods
like hard cheese should be cut
into 1-inch pieces. Remove the
small pusher, press the ON lever
and drop the food through the
small feed tube while the machine
is running.
This method of processing
minces garlic, shallots and
onions. Hard cheese and coconut
will have the same texture as if
they had been hand grated.
IMPORTANT:
Never try to process
cheese that is too hard to cut
with a knife. You may damage the
blade or the machine.
To chop parsley and other
fresh 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
(zest) or to chop sticky fruit like
dates or raisins
For citrus, remove only the peel
(zest) with a vegetable peeler. Do
not remove the white pith, which
is bitter tasting. Cut the peel into
lengths of 2 inches or less and
p rocess with 1/2 cup of granulated
sugar from the recipe 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
minutes. 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, puréeing
and kneading. It is particularly
useful when you are preparing
baked goods such as cakes,
cookies, pies and breads.
To assemble the Compact Cover
Begin with the work bowl and the
metal blade or dough blade in
place. Place the Compact Cover
on the work bowl so that the
Cuisinart logo written on the
cover
is face up and readable.
Then turn cover
COUNTER-
CLOCKWISE
to lock into place.
Make sure the small cap is in
place before using.
To disassemble the
Compact Cover:
Place one hand near the Cuisinart
logo and one hand on opposite
end of cover; turn cover
CLOCKWISE
. Lift cover up
and off work bowl. Do not use
the Compact Cover with any of
the slicing or shredding discs.
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