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Tefal Cuisine Companion ultrablade knife

Tefal ultrablade is great for chopping, pureeing and blending both hot and cold ingredients.

Tefal Cuisine Companion ultrablade knife

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The Tefal ultrablade is an accessory that fits into the cooking bow of the Cuisine Companion. It has two flat, curved blades designed for making soups, purees and chopping fruit, vegetables and meats.

Using the ultrablade

The Tefal Cuisine Companion has two operating modes;

  • Automatic mode
    The speed, temperature and duration are already pre-programmed. The ultrablade can be used with the sauce, soup and stew automatic programs. The soup and stew programs also have different sub-programs that can be selected. You can also modify the temperature and duration of some automatic programs. Once the cooking time has ended both soup programs and stew programs 1 and 3 have a keep warm function which lasts for 45 minutes after the cooking time has finished.
  • Manual mode
    With the manual mode, you can customise the speed, temperature and duration. You can also select the ‘turbo’ and ‘pulse’ functions.The Cuisine Companion has ‘turbo’ and ‘pulse’ buttons on the panel. To use the turbo program simply press and hold down the button it will stop when released. For the pulse setting press the button once to start and again to stop.With the Cuisine Companion Connect the turbo setting is selected by choosing speed 12. The turbo setting is selected by choosing speed 13. You can either pre-program the time before pressing start or you can stop the functions at any time by pressing the start/stop button.

When the machine is running you can pause the operation by pressing the start/stop button. You can activate it again by pressing the same button again. If you wish to cancel the program completely hold the start/stop button for 2 seconds.

The machine will beep 3 times when it has finished running.

Important information

Never put your fingers or any other object in the bowl while the machine is running.

The ultrablade should never be used to crush ice.

Cleaning

Be careful when handling the ultrablade as it is sharp and can remain hot after being used in cooking. Once cooled wipe down with a sponge and hot soapy water, then rinse with clean running water.

The ultrablade is not dishwasher safe!