On Oct 25, 3:24 pm, "Peter" > wrote:
> Received a cuisinart food processor for a wedding gift, a 7 cup model (came
> with a second mini food processor as well).
>
> http://www.cuisinart.com/catalog/pro...=30&item_id=59...
>

I don't think that one has a citrus juicer.

> I've only had it 3 days but so far made a nice cheese dip and used to it
> fine chop cabbage for chinese dumplings :-)
>
> Is it worth my time in effort to grind my own meat with it? I was thinking
> a coarser grind would be nicer compared to the usual store bought ground
> meats for many dishes. Does anyone here do this regularly and can comment or
> offer advice? I don't envision buying a proper meat grinder anytime soon.

The only time I grind meat is to use for stuffing pasta like ravioli
and manicotti. It pulverizes the beef and spinach nicely.
>
> How well does it work for bread kneading? Better to do by hand? Same for
> for pasta. I *love* home made pasta and I do not have a pasta maker. I
> usualy do it by hand every couple weeks and roll it out myself. Is it
> possible to use this machine to mix my pasta for me or am I hoping for too
> much? Rolling is the easy part IMHO, mixing is the annoying part :-)

I looked at the website, and you can order a dough blade for that
model. I'd say that if Cuisinart says it works, it probably does. I
love my Little Pro Plus.

--Bryan