KitchenAid White 12-Cup 700 Watt Ultra Wide Mouth Food Processor
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of KitchenAid White 12-Cup 700 Watt Ultra Wide Mouth Food Processor
Customer Review: Good to make chinese dumplings
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are like me, who makes chinese dumplings (jiao zi) from scratch for 5 people, you would understand how much work it involves. First, make dough with flour, water, and egg (30 minutes of hard work); Second, chop chop chop, mince mince mince, all the vegetable (celery, cabbage, ginger, ...) (30 minutes); By the time I start the fun part of work, i.e, rolling out wrapping/skin, and make dumplings, I am already exhausted.
This is no longer the case with this food processor! First, use the dough blade, make dough. This takes about 2 - 4 minutes. While this tough guy is working hard, I wash the vegetable. Second, get the dough out, start chopping the vegetable -- I don't even need to wash the bowl, nobody would notice anything in my final product.
I admit it still takes time to do this, about 15 minutes. But aside from the time saving, I am not at all tired after preparation. And yes, the food processor does not mince the vegetable as evenly and beautifully as we human beings do. However, nobody complained or even noticed this when my family is enjoying the dinner.
Tips: 1. Use 4 cups of flour and 1.5 cups of water. This amount is perfect for this processor and the ratio is perfect for dumpling dough. In the first 2 minutes of blending, you might think the mixture is too dry and be tempted to add water. But this will turn out to be perfect eventually. After the dough is done, move it to some other place and cover it with a piece of damp cloth. Let it stay for 30 min to 1 hour before starting making dumplings. This little rising time will make the skins more flexible when you wrap it, and dumplings would be easier to digest. 2. Process only a small batch of vegetable each time. And do not over-process.
Customer Review: Remarkable performance and price
Summary: 5 Stars
This food processor is very impressive. I mostly use it for baking, and it has exceeded my expectations. Cleaning the unit is easy: hand washing is not a problem, nor is the dishwasher, although given the size of the unit, it is probably easier to wash by hand than occupy half of the dishwasher. The price from Amazon with the 25 off of 125 promotion and free shipping ended up being $104, which is a great deal. Yes it is the QVC special (no egg whip or second large bowl--'chef' bowl?), but for the difference in price, I am very pleased.