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Fancy a nutritious menu of beetroot tartare with goat’s cheese, hazelnuts and watercress, a Mediterranean vegetable gratin with lentils and parsley oil or caramelised banana tartlets with rhubarb? How about the unusual flavours of cucumber and strawberry carpaccio with gravlax and honey-mustard vinaigrette? Or perhaps you just feel like a fresh-tasting vegetable dish - try the steamed leeks and asparagus with truffle gribiche. With the KitchenAid Artisan 4L Food Processor you can now chop, slice, grate, dice and mix like a professional. Based on the advice of three experts, 40 healthy recipes using fruit and vegetables have been created especially for the Artisan 4L Food Processor. Whatever your mood, you can opt for a three-course meal, experiment with unusual flavour combinations or simply enjoy a tasty dish The Food Processor Cookbook Processor Food The bursting with vital nutrients. Recipes by Veerle de Pooter the Photography by Tony Le Duc food Graphic design by Nej De Doncker processor cookbook 40 recipes and healthy-eating tips from three experts ISBN 9789081634175 recipes by Veerle de Pooter photography by Tony Le Duc KitchenAid - The Food Processor Cookbook the food processor cookbook 40 recipes and healthy-eating tips from three experts recipes by Veerle de Pooter | photography by Tony Le Duc The Food Processor Cookbook 40 recipes and healthy-eating tips from three experts he KitchenAid Artisan 4L Food Processor produces professional results every time. It Tis powerful, reliable and versatile – slicing, chopping, grating, dicing and mixing ac- curately and efficiently. The Food Processor features the revolutionary new ExactSlice system, which replicates even the most sophisticated knife skills. Cooks can adjust the slicing thickness instantaneously by simply sliding an external lever, without removing the blade or even turning the Food Processor off. To illustrate the extraordinary results you can achieve with KitchenAid, Veerle de Pooter has worked with three experts – a nutritionist, a doctor and a chemist – to create 40 delicious new recipes. These mouthwatering recipes are easy to reproduce, as many of them come with either step-by-step pictures or can be downloaded as a ‘how-to’ video. To watch one of the recipe videos, simply download the free Layar app onto your smartphone or tablet and scan the page containing the Layar icon: you will then immediately be redirected to the video. This book also contains useful tips and advice from our three experts, including how to create tasty menus with good nutritional value, the healthy effects that fruit and vegetables have on our body and a closer look at foodpairing. We hope that you will enjoy cooking these recipes for your friends and family and that it will inspire you to create your own using the KitchenAid Artisan 4L Food Processor. Dirk Vermeiren Managing Director KitchenAid Europa, Inc. Foreword | 005 The interviewees As a doctor and nutritionist, Thierry Hanh has many years’ expe- Contents rience in developing nutrionally balanced menus for chefs and clients. His theory that it is possible to love good food and eat well is borne out by the menus in this book. GP Marleen Finoulst believes we should all eat more fruit and vegetables. Make a start using our recipes. Bernard Lahousse and Peter Coucquyt are the pioneers of foodpairing, a tool which encourages the unexpected combination of ingredients. Use our recipes as inspira- tion to experiment with fruit and vegetables. Dirk Vermeiren 00 Foreword 005 The master cutter The Artisan Food Processor is a master at cutting ingredients in dif- Contents 007 ferent ways. Aside from the standard multifunctional blade – which also comes in a mini version – there are five different cutting functions. There’s the 8 mm dicing kit, an innova- tion unique to the Artisan Food Processor, which chops ingredients into small cubes. Then 01 The Master cutter 008 there’s the adjustable slicing disc, which allows you to control how thinly ingredients are Cutting techniques sliced via an external lever. Separate discs for shredding vegetables, grating cheese and cutting fries complete the set. 02 The Product range 016 The recipes Forty recipes put the healthy-eating advice from our experts into practice. Tomatoes, onions, potatoes, citrus fruits and root vegetables They are grouped in such a way that each interview with an expert is immediately followed are ideal for use in the Food Processor by a series of recipes, allowing you to see the interviewee’s theory in practice. Throughout the book you will also find ten recipes in a step-by-step format, designed to guide you Dr Thierry Hanh 03 Interview with the nutritionist 030 through the Artisan Food Processor’s numerous functions. Treat yourself but keep your needs under control The product range Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, root vegetables and citrus fruits are 4 Nutritional menus 034 not only popular ingredients in European cooking, they are also ideally suited for use in the Artisan Food Processor. These five groups of fruits and vegetables are a thread Dr Marleen Finoulst Interview with the body doctor 074 throughout the book, regularly popping up in recipes – particularly the step-by-step se- 04 quences – and so providing a vitamin and mineral boost to their content. Start eating vegetables as early as possible Recipes 078 Vitamins and minerals will give your health a boost Bernard Lahousse & Peter Coucquyt 05 Interview about foodpairing 104 Foodpairing is the ideal tool to open up a world of new The extras Some pages in this books have been enriched with Layar and contain possibilities digital content that you can view using your smartphone. Recipes 110 How it works: Unusual flavour combinations that work 1 2 3 4 06 Appendix Notes for the reader 137 Alphabetical index of recipes 138 Alphabetical index of ingredients 140 Credits 142 Step 1: Download the Step 2: Look for pages Step 3: Open the Layar Step 4: Hold your phone 143 free Layar app for iPhone with the Layar logo. app, hold the phone above the page to view About the authors or Android. above the page and tap the interactive content. to scan it. If you do not use LAYAR, you can watch the videos at: www.kitchenaid.eu/foodprocookbook. Contents | 007 01 The Master cutter Cutting techniques Blades Multipurpose stainless steel blade This is the most versatile blade of all and can be used for chopping, puréeing and mixing ingre- dients. It fits the work bowl with a very handy watertight seal, so that the blade can remain in the bowl while the contents are removed. Mini multipurpose stainless steel blade Discs This smaller version of the multipurpose blade fits the mini-bowl and performs exactly the same Reversible shredding disc Adjustable slicing disc functions but for smaller quantities. The shredding disc is used for grating hard Thanks to the externally adjustable blade control, the slicing disc vegetables and fruits, for example carrots, can produce anything from wafer-thin slivers to 5 mm thick slices. potatoes or apples, as well as hard cheeses and By applying more or less pressure while inserting the items even chocolate. The disc is reversible: just choose through the feed tube, you can exercise even more control over which side to use to produce fine or medium the thickness of the slices. Be careful when handling this disc; shreds. Use it in the work bowl or prep bowl to use the finger holes provided to install it in either the work bowl create delicious salads, röstis, bases for quiches or prep bowl. and many more dishes in a flash. Scan the right page for ‘How to use the Food Processor’-instructions 008 | The Master cutter The Master cutter | 009 01 The Master cutter Cutting techniques Discs 8 mm dicing kit French fry disc Grate/shave disc The dicing kit is useful for chopping vegetables and fruits, such This disc does exactly what it says on the tin; use it to cut potatoes The grate/shave disc is used for grating hard cheeses, such as as potatoes, onions, mangoes and melons, into 8 mm cubes. or other firm vegetables into French fry shapes. Be careful when Parmesan or Gruyère, crushing ice cubes for cocktails and This kit is an innovation unique to the Artisan Food Processor handling this disc; use the finger holes provided to install it in shaving chocolate for desserts. Make sure that whenever you and will allow you to create wonderful dishes, such as tartares, either the work bowl or prep bowl. process cheese or chocolate, the ingredients are well chilled, chunky soups, frittatas etc. Be careful when handling the items in otherwise you may end up with a sticky mess in the work bowl or the dicing kit, particularly the blade; use the finger holes provided prep bowl. to install the kit in either the work bowl or prep bowl. Scan the right page for ‘How to use the Food Processor’-instructions 010 | The Master cutter The Master cutter | 011 Andalusian gazpacho (serves 6) Step by step | Add 1 tbsp sweet paprika and 2 tbsp sherry vinegar. Process again. Add 150 ml extra virgin olive oil through the feed tube while the motor is running. Season with salt and pepper. Peel 1 cucumber, 1 Spanish onion and 2 garlic cloves. Chill for several hours, preferably overnight, to allow the flavours to develop. Meanwhile, finely chop 75 g ham, 3 large gherkins, 2 hard-boiled eggs and a few sprigs of flat-leaf parsley. Deseed 2 red peppers. Roughly chop the prepared vegetables, plus 1 kg vine tomatoes. Purée all the vegetables with the multifunctional Dice 3 slices of bread and pan-fry until golden brown and crispy. Serve the gazpacho in chilled bowls, sprinkled with the garnishes and blade in the work bowl on speed 2.