Cuisinart MP-14N Series - Manual (Page 13)

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Pack the feed tube for
desired results:
For long slices or shreds,
cut the food in feed tube
widths and pack the
pieces horizontally.
For small, round slices or
short shreds from carrots,
zucchini and other long
vegetables, cut in feed
tube heights and pack
tightly upright.
Food should fit snugly, but
not so tightly that it prevents
the pusher from moving.
When slicing or shredding,
always use the pusher.
Never put your fingers
or a spatula into the
feed tube.
Never push down hard
on the pusher. Use light
pressure for soft fruits and
vegetables like bananas,
mushrooms, strawberries
and tomatoes, and for all
cheeses. Use medium
pressure for most food:
apples, celery, citrus fruit,
potatoes and zucchini.
Use firm pressure for hard
vegetables like carrots
and yams.
PRACTICING
SLICING AND
SHREDDING
1. Insert a slicing or
shredding disc, put the
cover on the work bowl
and insert the food in
the feed tube.
2. Slide the pusher
into place, and apply
pressure to the pusher
while pressing down the
PULSE button. Release
the button as soon
as the food is sliced
or shredded.
4. You can load the feed
tube repeatedly without
removing work bowl
cover. Simply grasp the
pusher and lift up. The
pusher assembly will
come off easily, leaving
the cover and feed tube
in place. Your other hand
is free to reload the feed
tube, and you do not
need to re-press the
ON button if it was
previously selected.
REMOVING
SLICED OR
SHREDDED FOOD
Before you do anything,
wait for the disc to stop
spinning. When it does,
unplug the unit, then hold
the work bowl handle and
turn it clockwise. Then lift;
the work bowl and cover
will come off together. Turn
cover clockwise to unlock
from work bowl. Lift,
remove, invert and place
on counter space.
Remove the slicing or
shredding disc:
Place two fingers under
each side of the disc and
lift it straight up. Place the
disc on top of the inverted
work bowl cover to minimize
drips and spills.
TECHNIQUES
FOR SLICING AND
SHREDDING
Small, round fruits
and vegetables:
For large berries, radishes
and mushrooms, trim the
bottom ends flat with a
knife. Insert the food
through the feed tube,
standing each piece on a
flat end. You can fill the tube
to about 1 inch (2.5cm) from
the top. The bottom layer
gives you perfect slices
for garnish. If you want all
the slices to be perfect, it’s
best to process one layer
at a time.
Long fruits and vegetables:
Trim foods like bananas,
celery and zucchini by
cutting them into pieces
slightly shorter than the
feed tube. Cut both ends
flat. (Use a ruler as a guide,
or the pusher assembly.)
Fill the feed tube with the
pieces, standing them
vertically and adding
enough pieces so they are
solidly packed and cannot
tilt sideways as they are
sliced or shredded.
Small amounts of food:
Use the small feed tube and
the small pusher. Remove
the small pusher from the
pusher assembly. Place the
pusher assembly onto the
feed tube and press the
sleeve all the way down.
Cut the food in lengths
slightly shorter than the
feed tube. If slicing one or
two long, thin vegetables
like carrots, push them to
the far left. If you are slicing
a few vegetables that are
wide at one end and narrow
at the other (carrots, celery
or scallions) cut them in
half and pack in pairs,
alternating one wide end
up, one narrow end up.
French-cut green beans:
Trim fresh green beans to
feed tube widths. Blanching
is not necessary. Stack in
the feed tube horizontally to
about one inch from the top.
Use the slicing disc, apply
light pressure to the pusher
and press the PULSE
button until beans are
sliced. To make long,
horizontal slices of raw
zucchini or carrots, use the
same procedure.