Julienne cutter for food processors

Abstract

A julienne cutter is provided having a hub removably engageable with the drive of a food processor and a disc-like member secured to the hub. The disc-like member has an opening extending from a region near the hub to a region near the periphery and there is an elevated portion on the member located behind the opening with respect to the direction of rotation of the disc-like member. A unitary cutting structure is positioned in the opening for producing multiple closely spaced cuts and is formed of sheet metal having an elongated lower portion and an elevated elongated upper portion secured to the underside and to the elevated portion of the disc-like member, respectively. A plurality of relatively closely spaced blades extend upwardly generally perpendicular to and are located between and are integral wiht the elongated lower and elevated upper portions of the cutting structure. These blades are sharpened on their leading edges and are formed with the sharpened leading edges of the elevated elongated portion facing forward in the direction of the rotation of the disc for simultaneously producing horizontal and vertical cuts for forming clean, crisp, neat julienne food strips. The integral blades are formed by slitting a sheet of blade metal in a diagonal fashion and then bending the strips formed between the slits perpendicular to the plane of the resulting elongated lower and elevated upper portions of the sheet metal.