PASTA PRESS - 6 SHAPES 5KSMPEXTA

Good quality and performance. Value is subjective. The product is great but is pricey. You ultimately get what you pay for. You will see these used in ‘The Great British Bake Off’. Product placement; but they wouldn’t use them if they were not reliable. Our purchase was GREY as we did not want the bright contrast of the RED one. Other colours are available. My wife is now buy the assessories - I.e. pasta rollers, cutters, makers. That will help with the next few birthdays and Christmas’s…

The egg pasta recipe in the booklet included just didn't work for me. I just ended up with a sticky mess and sad pasta shapes every single time. I did a bit of research and found that extruders seemed to be happier with drier pasta dough which made sense to me. So now, I use a recipe of durum wheat flour ( fine ground semolina) (400g) and hot water, (140ml or more if needed) kneaded in the KitchenAid first (takes about 10-15 minutes) until it clumps. It mustn't be sticky - the drier, the better. I then roll it all into a stiff ball, wrap it in cling film and let the dough rest for about half an hour on the counter. When I'm ready, I cut up the dough into a bit smaller than golf ball sized pieces and proceed. After realising that a stiffer dough was better, I've since used bread flour but less eggs and again I've had more success than using the recipes. In fact, success every time. That may just be a me problem but it just seems to be better. Clean up can be tricky but I have to confess that I do take apart the die (shaping discs) and scrub them clean with soap and water but am meticulous about drying them immediately after. I've had mine for a few years and I've had no problems doing this even though I know we're not supposed. Anyway, it's a bit of a faff but definitely keeps the five year old inside me happy with her adult playdoh machine!

Love this, so easy to use and easy to clean! Highly recommend!

Ich dachte, Nudeln sind ja billig, muss ich echt auch noch Röhrennudeln selbst machen? Es hat mich dann aber doch genug gereizt, es mal zu versuchen und siehe da, es ist echt einfach und macht Spass! Schon lange habe ich die Nudelwalzen und nutze diese mit Begeisterung, um z.B. Lasagneplatten, Platten für Ravioli oder Maultaschen oder Linguine zu machen, aber dieser Röhrennudelvorsatz gibt einem die Möglichkeit, auch farbige oder z.B. mit Bärlauch- oder Rote Beetepüree gefärbte Spiralnudeln, diverse Maccaroni oder Spaghetti zu machen. Echt klasse. Da nimmt die Bandbreite der kulinarischen Möglichkeiten echt zu.... Wichtig ist der Trick, die Schablonen (vorsichtig) ganz auseinander machen zum reinigen und die drei Teile danach wieder (vorsichtig und passgenau) zusammenzusetzen (es gibt dazu, glaube ich, ein gutes youTube Video). So kriegt man wirklich auch letzte Teigreste aus der Matritze und muss sich keine Gedanken machen, ob alles hygienisch ist. Sie könnte billiger sein, aber macht einen super soliden Eindruck und ich denke, ich habe sie bis zum Ende meiner Tage (oder aktiven Zeit als Köchin, sollte es mal so weit sein)....

Too much waste while using it and not easy to use. Too slow I regret buying it

Accessorio ottimo per chi ama il fatto in casa

This is a very nice piece of kit. It is my first attachment for my KA mixer ( Artisan ) and I am wholly surprised by the ease at which I was able to produce excellent pasta - not commonly found in supermarkets ( dried / fresh ). I have included a couple of pics of the bucatini produced in order to see the the pasta was in fact hollow ( this really impressed me! ) and a delightful texture to eat. I note there are a few negative reviews but I would contest these - get the dough recipe right and the machine will extrude restaurant quality pasta - albeit in a smaller quantity and slightly longer extruding time. I don't think it would be fair to KitchenAid so leave a negative review simply because the dough is not compliant enough for the machine to work at it's best. Like with all cooking and baking - if the recipe is not right, what follows after will not be optimal. I used the recipe in the manual ( I sifted the four over the cup and considered one full cup of sifted flour to be the correct measurement - this is different to measuring one cup of flour and then sifting into the bowl ). The water content has been added: 2 - 4 tsp depending on flour used. I have used this on several discs and no problems with extruding and the machine did not struggle. Clean up afterwards was okay. The dishwasher safe parts ( which I washed by hand for immediate clean up and to stow ) are easily washed by hand. The disc requires a little more effort: my tip would be to remove as much pasta as you can from the disc and leave overnight - the dried pasta can be picked out in less than 10 minutes and the disc rinsed by hand. This is all that is required. I would most definitely recommend this KA attachment if you wish to make some pretty impressive pasta at home with relative ease. The end result was quite delightful and using the pasta press was really quite good fun!

Tal como la imagen. Muy bonito