Cuisinart PE-50 Owner Manual - Page 6

3. Line a sheet tray with parchment paper and generously dust with semolina flour to keep pasta from sticking. Set sheet below extruder attachment. 4. Set Stand Mixer to Speed 5 and slowly drop in 4 pieces of dough, one at a time, without using the pusher (if making spaghetti or bucatini, use Speed 10). Do not overfill. NOTE: Dough will "knead" in the extruder chute for about 1 minute, before extrusion begins. 5. When extruded pasta reaches desired length, use the pasta cutter ring to cut it, by turning the cutter first to the left and then quickly to the right; let cut pasta fall onto dusted sheet tray. If pasta dough sticks to the back of the cutter this may lead to unclean cuts. If this is the case first stop the unit, remove the pasta cutter ring and clean out any stuck dough. Replace cutter ring and continue with remaining dough. If this continues to occur dough may be too soft. To prevent this from occurring dust each piece of dough in "00" flour before putting through the extruder. 6. Drop in more dough pieces, one at a time, as pasta is extruded and cut. Generously dust all cut pasta with more semolina flour. 7. Repeat extrusion and cutting process with remaining dough pieces. NOTE: Pasta can be cooked immediately or generously dusted with semolina flour, dried and stored in airtight bags in the refrigerator. 8. Boil pasta in generously salted water to desired doneness. Recommended cooking time is about 3 minutes for spaghetti and 6 minutes for al dente rigatoni, though cooking times vary (see Tips and Hints section). CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE 1. Remove the pasta cutter manually by pushing it firmly and rotating it counterclockwise to release the notches from the grooves on the pasta extruder body. Then remove the ring nut manually or with the wrench if it is fastened too tightly. 2. Feed screw can be removed by using the hook on the top of the wrench/pusher. Please note: the feed screw metal washers may be very hot. Let cool before touching. 3. Allow dough on the pasta plates to dry before cleaning. Once dough is dry, separate the plastic and metal pieces of the pasta plates and gently tap out any loose dough. To remove stubborn dry dough, using a wooden or plastic skewer, or toothpick, is help- 6