Cuisinart CTG-00-MAN User Manual
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
a simple slide lever to adjust thickness, you may find yourself using your Cuisinart
®
Food Processor blades, giving our mandoline an edge in more ways than one! With five cutting options and
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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
technology
6. Thickness adjuster moves blade height to ¹∕
5
¼",
∕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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Food Processor
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SAVE THESE
INSTRUCTIONS
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.
ALWAY S 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
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∕
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.
-inch setting.
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lower
upper
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CAUTION: NEVER USE YOUR HAND
TO GUIDE FOOD
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.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Before first use, hand-wash body of mandoline and all
components.
7. 8. 9.
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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∕
-inch setting.
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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.
3. 4. 5.
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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