Cuisinart DFP14BCNY - Manuals

Page 2 - CAPACITY; FOODS CAPACITY

2 CAPACITY Recommended work bowl capacity for various foods FOODS CAPACITY Chopped and Puréed Fruit 3 cups and Vegetables Chopped or Puréed Meat, Poultry, 2-1/4 pounds Fish or Seafood Bread Dough 3 pounds (6 cups flour, yielding two 1-1/2 pound loaves) Nuts for Nut Butters 3 cups Sliced or Shredded ...

Page 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

3 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Always follow these safety precautions when usingthis appliance: GETTING READY: 1. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS. 2. Blades are sharp! Handle them carefully. 3. Unplug from outlet when not in use, before putting on or taking off parts, and before cleaning. Tounplug, grasp plug and pul...

Page 5 - PRACTICING WITH FOOD; REMOVING PROCESSED FOOD; TECHNIQUES FOR CHOPPING; To chop raw fruits and vegetables

5 PRACTICING WITH FOOD Try practicing with some food before you processfood to eat. A zucchini or potato is a good choice.First cut it into 1-inch pieces. Insert the metal blade and put the pieces in the workbowl. Put on the cover and the pusher assembly;press the pusher assembly down to lock it int...

Page 6 - o make peanut butter and other

6 IMPORTANT: Never try to process cheese that is too hard to cut with a knife. You may damage the bladeor the machine. To chop parsley and other fresh herbs The herbs, the work bowl and the metal blade mustall be thoroughly clean and dry. Remove stems fromherbs. Add leaves to bowl and process until ...

Page 7 - TECHNIQUES FOR KNEADING; Typical bread dough; Typical sweet dough

7 For the lightest, fluffiest egg whites, use the WhiskAttachment which is an optional attachment for theCustom 14 ™ food processor. To whip cream Processor-whipped cream holds its shape very well.It is good for decoration or as a topping for ginger-bread, berries or other desserts. It will not whip...

Page 8 - Using the right blade

8 Machine capacity If a bread dough calls for more than the recommend-ed amount of flour, mix and knead it in equal batch-es. Do the same for sweet doughs that call for morethan 3-1/2 cups of flour. Recommended maximumamount of flour is 6 cups of all-purpose flour or 3-1/2cups of whole-grain flour. ...

Page 11 - Soft

11 top. The bottom layer gives you perfect slices for garnish. If you want all the slices to be perfect, it’s best toprocess one layer at a time. Long fruits and vegetables Trim food like bananas, celery, and zucchini by cut-ting them into pieces a little shorter than the feedtube. Cut both ends fla...

Page 12 - IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM; Food is unevenly chopped; SOME TECHNICAL DATA

12 IMPORTANT: Never try to slice soft cheese like mozzarella or hard cheese like Parmesan. You maydamage the slicing disc or the food processor itself.You can successfully shred most cheeses except softones. The exception is mozzarella, which shreds wellif thoroughly chilled. Hard cheeses like Parme...

Page 13 - LIMITED THREE-YEAR WARRANTY

13 Chopping certain foods may scratch or cloud thework bowl. Among them are ice, whole spices andoils like wintergreen. If you like to prepare your ownspice blends, you may want to keep a second bowljust for that purpose. The base housing is made of a tough plastic withhigh-impact resistance. Its sm...