9
shred with Handy Prep
™
is limited only by size of
receptacle under chute.
You can replace full
receptacle with empty
one and continue slicing
or shredding.
Wait until slicing or shred-
ding disc stops spinning
before you remove cover.
When it stops, remove
cover before trying to
remove work bowl. Never
try to remove cover and
work bowl together; this
could damage work bowl.
To remove slicing or
shredding disc, grasp flat
top of adapter stem and
pull straight up. You must
remove discs before
removing work bowl.
Food Prep Guide
Your Cuisinart
®
Handy Prep
™
makes many everyday food preparation tasks much
easier and faster. Use these guidelines to get the best food results. For larger amounts
(more than 3 cups processed) when slicing and shredding, use the chute attachment.
Food Blade Preparation/Method Results/Notes
Bread Metal blade Break or cut into 1-inch or Crumbs for fillings/ toppings/crusts. For
smaller pieces. Pulse to buttered bread crumbs, butter bread first
chop, then process until or add melted or softened butter through
crumbs are desired texture feed tube while processing. For herbed
bread crumbs, chop herbs first.
Butter or Metal blade Chop garlic, herbs or zest Smooth creamy flavored butter or
Cream first. Cut butter/cheese into cheese spreads.
Cheese, tablespoon size pieces.
Flavored Process until smooth;
Cheese Dips add liquids last if using.
& Spreads
Cheeses, Metal Blade Remove hard rind, cut into “Grated” hard cheese, texture from
Hard – 3/4-inch or smaller cubes. With coarse to fine. Process longer for
Asiago, machine running, drop through finer texture.
Locatelli, feed tube and process “grated”
Parmesan, to desired texture. Hard cheese should not be
Romano shredded – use chopping
Slicing Disc Have cheese at room temperature. technique for results similar to
Remove hard rind. Stand pieces grated/shredded cheeses.
in feed tube – use light pressure
to slice.
Cheeses, Shredding Disc Chill cheeses. Cut to fit feed Shredded or sliced cheeses suitable for
Medium-Hard Slicing Disc tube. Stand cheese in feed salads, pizzas, tacos, casseroles, etc.
Such as tube; use light pressure to slice
Cheddar, or shred.
Swiss, etc.
Cheeses, Soft Shredding Disc Chill (best results, freeze 20 – Do not slice soft cheeses. Shredded
Such as 30 minutes) cheese; cut to fit cheeses are suitable for salads, pizzas,
Mozzarella feed tube. Stand cheese in tacos, casseroles, etc.
feed tube; use light pressure
to shred.
Citrus Peel Metal Blade Remove zest from fresh, washed Chopped citrus zest. For best chop, add
& dried citrus using vegetable sugar or salt from recipe when processing.
peeler, leaving bitter white pith
on fruit. Cut in 1-inch pieces.
Pulse to chop, then process until
zest is desired texture.
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