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9 CUP
FOOD PROCESSOR
INSTRUCTIONS AND RECIPES
MODEL KFP740
1-800-541-6390
Details Inside
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Hassle-Free Replacement Warranty We’re so confident If You Reside In The 50 United ® the quality of our States and your KitchenAid Food products meets the Processor should fail within the first exacting standards of year of ownership, simply call our KitchenAid that, if your toll-free Customer Satisfaction Center Food Processor should at 1-800-541-6390 Monday through fail within the first year of ownership, Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Eastern Time), KitchenAid will arrange to deliver an or Satur
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Hassle-Free Replacement Warranty...........................................Inside Front Cover Product Registration Card ........................................................Inside Front Cover Food Processor Safety........................................................................................3 Important Safeguards........................................................................................4 Electrical Requirements..............................
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Table of Contents FOOD PROCESSING TIPS Using the Multipurpose Blade..........................................................................14 Using a Slicing or Shredding Disc ....................................................................15 Using the Dough Blade....................................................................................16 Helpful Hints ...................................................................................................17 RECIPES Appetizers ........
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Food Processor Safety Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t immediate
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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should always be followed, including the following: 1. Read all instructions. 2. To protect against risk of electrical shock do not put Food Processor in water or other liquid. 3. Close supervision is necessary when any appliance is used by or near children. 4. Unplug from the outlet when not in use, before putting on or taking off parts, and before cleaning. 5. Avoid contacting moving parts. 6. Do not operate any ap
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Electrical Requirements Volts: 120 V.A.C. only. Hertz: 60 Hz NOTE: This Food Processor has a polarized plug (one blade is wider than the other). To reduce the risk of electrical shock, this plug will fit in a polarized outlet only one way. If the plug does not fit fully in the outlet, reverse the plug. If it still does not fit, contact a qualified electrician. Do not modify the plug in any way. Do not use an extension cord. If the power supply cord is too short, have a qualified electrician or
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Off Pulse On Food Processor Features Work Bowl Medium (4 mm) Heavy Duty Base Shredding Disc Disc Stem Fine (2 mm) Slicing Disc 4-Cup Mini Bowl and Mini Blade Work Bowl Spatula/ Cover with Tall Cleaning Feed Tube Tool Dough Blade Stainless Steel Multipurpose Blade Food Pusher 6
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Food Processor Features Work Bowl Cover Disc Stem with Tall Feed Tube Stem fits over the power shaft on the Feed tube accommodates long food base and into the bottom of a slicing items with a minimum of sectioning. or shredding disc. Unlike extra-wide feed tubes, there is no pusher interlock system, so the Stainless Steel entire length of the tube can be filled Multipurpose Blade with food. Versatile blade chops, minces, blends, mixes, and emulsifies in a matter of Food Pusher seconds. Pusher m
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ml oz 150 4 0.2 50 100 2 0.1 250 8 0.4 200 6 0.3 pts Pulse Off On Preparing the Food Processor for Use 4. Insert the desired accessory into the work bowl. See the next page WARNING for accessory instructions. Cut Hazard 5. Place the work bowl cover on the work bowl with the feed tube just Handle blades carefully. to the left of the work bowl Failure to do so can result in handle. Grasp the feed tube and cuts. turn the cover to the right until it locks into place. Before First Use Before using y
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Preparing the Food Processor for Use Mini Bowl Assembly WARNING 1. Place the mini bowl inside the work bowl over the power shaft. Cut Hazard Rotate the mini bowl until it falls Handle blades carefully. into place. When properly seated in the work bowl, the mini bowl Failure to do so can result in cannot be rotated. cuts. Multipurpose Blade and Dough Blade Assembly Place the blade on the power shaft. Rotate the blade so it falls into place on the shaft. 2. Fit the mini blade on the power shaft
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Off On Pulse Using the Food Processor Turning the Food Processor On and Off WARNING 1. To turn on the Food Processor, press the On Button. The unit will run continuously and the indicator light will glow. Rotating Blade Hazard Always use food pusher. Keep fingers out of openings. Keep away from children. Failure to do so can result in amputation or cuts. 2. To stop the Food Processor, press Before Use the Off Button. The indicator light Before operating the Food Processor, will go out and an
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Off n Pulse O Disassembling the Food Processor 4. Turn the work bowl to the left to WARNING unlock it from the base. Lift to remove. Cut Hazard Handle blades carefully. Failure to do so can result in cuts. 1. Turn the work bowl cover to the left and remove. 5. The multipurpose blade can be removed from the work bowl before the contents are emptied. 2. If using a disc, remove it before The blade can also be held in removing the bowl. Place two place as you remove food: grasp fingers under each
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Off On Pulse Cleaning the Food Processor 5. To prevent damage to the interlock system, always store the work WARNING bowl and work bowl cover in the Cut Hazard unlocked position when not in use. Handle blades carefully. Failure to do so can result in cuts. 1. Press the Off Button 2. Unplug the Food Processor before cleaning. 3. Wipe the base and cord with a warm, sudsy cloth, and wipe clean with a damp cloth. Dry with a soft cloth. Do not use abrasive cleansers or scouring pads. 4. All the othe
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Troubleshooting • If your Food Processor should • If the Food Processor shuts off fail to operate, check the while it is running: following: – The Food Processor may be – Make sure the work bowl and work overheated. If the motor exceeds a bowl cover are properly locked on certain temperature, it will the base. automatically shut off to prevent – See if the Food Processor is plugged damage. This should be an into a proper electrical outlet. If it extremely rare occurrence. If it is, unplug the Fo
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Food Processing Tips USING THE To mince garlic or to chop MULTIPURPOSE BLADE fresh herbs or small quantities of vegetables: With processor running, add food To chop fresh fruits or through the feed tube. Process until vegetables: chopped. For best results, make sure Peel, core, and/or remove seeds. Cut work bowl and herbs are very dry 1 food in 1 to 1 ⁄2-inch pieces. Process before chopping. food to desired size, using short To chop nuts or make pulses, 1 to 2 seconds each time. nut butters
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ml oz 150 4 0.2 50 100 2 0.1 250 8 0.4 200 6 0.3 pts Food Processing Tips To grate hard cheeses, such as To slice or shred fruits or Parmesan and Romano: vegetables that are long and relatively small in diameter, such Never attempt to process cheese that as celery, carrots, and bananas: cannot be pierced with the tip of a sharp knife. You can use the multi- Cut food to fit feed tube vertically or purpose blade to grate hard cheeses. horizontally, and pack feed tube Cut cheese in 1-inch pieces.
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Food Processing Tips To slice uncooked meat or USING THE poultry, such as stir-fry meats: DOUGH BLADE Cut or roll food to fit feed tube. Wrap The dough blade is and freeze food until hard to the specially designed for mixing and touch, 30 minutes to 2 hours, kneading yeast dough quickly and depending on thickness of food. thoroughly. For the best results, do Check to be sure you can still pierce not knead recipes which use more food with the tip of a sharp knife. If than 2-3 cups of flour. not,
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Helpful Hints 1. Never process any food that is so 7. Sometimes slender foods, such as hard or firmly frozen that it cannot carrots or celery, fall over in the be pierced with the tip of a sharp feed tube, resulting in an uneven knife. Hard food can cause damage slice. To minimize this, cut food to the blade or motor. If a piece of in several pieces and pack the hard food, such as carrot, becomes feed tube with the food. wedged or stuck on the blade, stop 8. When preparing a cake or cookie the p
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Helpful Hints 15. To remove the contents of the 16. Your Food Processor is not work bowl without removing the designed to perform the multipurpose blade, grasp the following functions: work bowl from the bottom and • grind coffee beans, grains, or place one finger through the hard spices center opening to hold the blade • grind bones or other inedible in place. Then remove food from parts of food the bowl and blade with a • liquefy raw fruits or vegetables spatula. • slice hard-cooked eggs or u
