INSTRUCTION AND RECIPE BOOKLET
Cuisinart® Mandoline |
CTG-00-MAN Series |
The Cuisinart® Mandoline is the perfect tool for preparing many culinary delights. It is designed to cut and slice food easily, with a uniquely designed food holder and interchangeable stainless steel blades. Blades are made using the same technology as the legendary Cuisinart® Food Processor blades, giving our mandoline an edge in more ways than one! With five cutting options and a simple slide lever to adjust thickness, you may find yourself using your Cuisinart® Mandoline every day.
FEATURES
1.Soft-grip handle for comfortable hold
2.Collapsible legs for easy storage
3.Nonslip feet to hold mandoline in place
4.Safety cover and storage slots to prevent injuries from sharp blades
5.Four interchangeable stainless steel blades with 5 cutting options (straight edge/crinkle cut, shredding, fine and thick julienne), made with Cuisinart® Food Processor technology
6.Thickness adjuster moves blade height to ¹∕16", ¹∕8", ³∕16", ¼", 5 ∕16", ³∕8"
7.Food holder with nonslip push pads that lower food into cutting position
8.Adjustable stainless steel cutting runway – locks into upper and lower positions for use with different blades
9.Includes a cut-resistant glove, which should always be worn when using the mandoline (not pictured)
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CAUTION
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
The Cuisinart® Mandoline’s stainless steel blades are extremely sharp. Please handle with care. Keep fingers and hands away from blades when using, cleaning, assembling or reassembling unit.
ALWAYS use food holder and the cut-resistant glove to guide food properly into the cutting blade and to prevent injuries. NOTE: glove is not cut-proof or point punctureresistant. DO NOT USE GLOVE with moving or serrated blades.
Never use your hands instead of the food holder to guide food.
Prongs and pins are very sharp; always use caution when placing food onto or removing it from food holder.
Always engage safety cover and store blades in unit when not in use.
Keep this product and its components away from children.
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PARTS
This package contains a Cuisinart® Mandoline and the following components:
1.Mandoline Body
2.Food Holder
3.Straight Edge/Crinkle Cut Blade
4.Shredding Blade
5.Fine Julienne Blade
6.Thick Julienne Blade
7.Cut-resistant Glove
CONTENTS
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Special Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Straight Edge/Crinkle Cut and Shredding Blades . . . 3 Fine Julienne and Thick Julienne Blades . . . . . . 3 Waffle Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Cleaning and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Suggested Usage and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
1.Before first use, hand-wash body of mandoline and all components.
2.Unfold legs to stand unit up.
3.Loosen runway adjuster knobs to properly position runway. Slide and drop runway into the upper position for julienne or the lower position for slicing and shredding. Tighten knobs to lock runway in place.
4.Insert desired blade into opening on side of mandoline; it will snap into place. NOTE: Be sure desired cutting edge is facing the top of mandoline, toward the handle.
5.To adjust the thickness of the slice, slide lever to desired position. NOTE: Shredding blade only works on the ¹∕16-inch setting.
6.Push prongs of food holder into food to hold it securely.
7.Hold the mandoline's handle firmly with one hand. Wearing the cut-resitant glove on the other hand, grip the food holder and slide it down the runway and over the blade in a smooth, even movement. Repeat.
CAUTION: NEVER USE YOUR HAND TO GUIDE FOOD
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8.Squeeze side grips to lower food while guiding it into the cutting blade.
9.Always engage safety cover and store blades in unit when not in use.
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USING STRAIGHT EDGE/CRINKLE CUT AND SHREDDING BLADES
Place runway in the lower position.
Follow Operating Instructions on page 2.
NOTE: Shredding blade only works on the ¹∕16-inch setting.
USING FINE AND THICK JULIENNE BLADES
1.Place runway in the upper position.
2.Unfold legs to stand unit up.
3.Push straight edge/crinkle cut blade into opening on side of unit with desired edge facing the top of mandoline, toward the handle.
4.Carefully remove the fine or thick julienne cutting blade from its storage slot on side of mandoline by pushing one end to release the snap.
5.Insert julienne blade into triangular slot on top of the straight edge blade; push firmly to snap into place.
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6. Follow steps 5 to 8 in Operating Instructions.
CREATING WAFFLE CUTS
Place runway in the lower position.
Use the straight edge/crinkle cut blade, with the crinkle cut edge facing the handle, to create waffle-cut fries and veggies. Follow steps 2 to 7 in Operating Instructions, then continue as follows:
1.Turn food holder 90 degrees, and run food over blade again. This creates a waffle-cut slice.
2.Repeat the process, cutting first one way and then the other, squeezing push pads to lower food onto blade.
3.REMEMBER: Never use your hands to guide the food.
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EASY TO CLEAN
1.To remove blades, push plastic end of blade to release, and pull. Hold blade by plastic ends; never touch blades directly.
2.Put blades and food holder into dishwasher.
3.To clean runway, loosen knobs and pull out long pin that connects them. Lift off runway and place in dishwasher to clean. To reattach, return runway to unit, inserting pin through side of unit and then through runway until it protrudes from the other side of unit. Attach and tighten second knob.
4.Mandoline body is hand washable only.
5.Cut-resistant glove is machine washable.
SAFE AND EASY TO STORE
1.Carefully replace thoroughly dry blades in storage slots.
2.Close safety cover.
3.Collapse legs for easy storage.
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