Mahalo.com cooking expert Scott Aaronson shows you how to slice using a food processor.
What You'll Need
- 1 Fruit or vegetable (such as yellow zucchini)
- 1 Food processor
- 1 Detachable stem
- 1 Slicing disc
- 1 Cutting board
Step 1: Prepare Your Food Processor
1. Attach your work bowl (the clear container with the handle) to your food processor by placing it over the processor's vertical rod and settling it downward. Turn it to lock it in place.
2. Attach the stem to the underside of your slicing disc.
3. Hold the stem vertically over the processor's vertical rod. Rotate the stem until it slides into the rod, then drop it into the work bowl.
4. Put the top onto the food processor. Slide the larger part of the pusher assembly into the mouth of the top.
Step 2: Slicing Using a Food Processor
1. Turn on the food processor.
2. If your ingredient will fit whole into the pusher assembly, put it into it and let it drop. 
The food processor will pull the ingredient through the slicer disc. This yields perfectly even slices. If your ingredient won't fit whole into the assembly, cut it into equal pieces using a knife, then put it into the assembly and push it in using the pusher.
3. Turn off the food processor. Remove the top, the slicing disc, and the stem.
4. Unlock and remove the work bowl, then pour out your ingredient onto the cutting board.
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Make Sure to Clean Your Food Processor
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Scott Aaronson
By the age of 18, Scott was running a small kitchen in an Italian restaurant, which inspired him to spend the next several years learning global techniques and preparations as a server and cook. Then in 2002, he started his own private chef business, working with celebrities like Will Smith, Mary J Blige, Katey Sagal and Jimmy Kimmel. He has also been seen as a guest chef on four Los Angeles-based cooking shows. His most recent challenge was designing and instructing a weekly culinary program for 300 school-age children.
