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    Help, I kind husband has just bought me a food processor to help me make my chutney, Trouble is I can't quite get the hang of cutting my apple into reasonable sized chunks, my attempts yesterday resulted in pieces of apple that were just a bit too small. I tried to do it for less time but found that I had too many big chunks mixed with the smaller ones. Please can anyone give me a few hints and tips.

    Swampiesue

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    I always chop my apples by hand, I know it takes longer, but if you are careful you can get the size you want. I use my FP for chopping up my onions because it doesn't usually matter how big, or small you have the pieces. Hope this helps. DDL
    Bernie aka DDL

    Appreciate the little things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things

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    • #3
      I use the pulse function for chopping things like that. You need to be careful not to overfill the bowl, and let the food settle between each pulse. I find I can control the size quite accurately this way.

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      • #4
        I use my food processor mainly for "grating" and slicing. It makes the green tomato chutney so much easier to do. I can also get those very fine sticks you see in jars in french supermarkets or on the crudites tray. Looks very posh at buffets rather than sticks which I can never get the same size even when I try. It also makes a mean mayo but I still prefer to do that by hand as I can adjust things better.
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        • #5
          I was told that you should never process onions, potatoes or garlic as they don't taste right. Anyone actually tried them?

          I used to use my food processor mainly for making sandwiches for the pub darts teams (brilliant for grating cheese, making egg mayo filling on pulse setting, slicing cucumbers and carrots)

          I agree that preparing apples would be a bit hit and miss, I usually do mine by hand.

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          • #6
            I find that onions chopped to a "mush" (technical term you know!) in my processor works well in whatever I'm cooking - stews, curries and the like. They still taste the same and my eyes don't water as much either! DDL
            Bernie aka DDL

            Appreciate the little things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things

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            • #7
              Hi everyone thanks for your advice, I have been doing all my chutneys by hand but have found it to be very tiring as I am not in good health that is why my husband bought me the food processor. I have just however chopped some beet root by hand for beetroot chutney, I think that I will use the food processor depending on what it is I am chopping. I will also see how I get on using the pulse button. If I can master that who knows what I may be able to do.

              Swampie sue

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              • #8
                Chopping by hand will be more therapeutic. Surely time is not the issue.

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