Pasta machines

[Saul Goodman]

I had a hand cranked one, used it for a bit and then it sat unloved next to the juicer for a few years till I gave it away.

That's what happens to 99.87% of them.
When aliens come to visit our planet in a few hundred years time, after we've been wiped out by an asteroid, and the only things to survive were safely hiding in the back of a kitchen cupboard, they'll think we lived on pasta, cheese toasties and spiralised vegetables, and everything else was cooked in a slow cooker.

 

[existentialist]

Nonna says: get an Imperia. Though we only tend to make lasagne sheets, tagliatelle (and gnocchi) at home; a decent dried pasta brand is good enough most the time.

That is exactly the one the ex has. Right. On it.

 

[xenon]

Like the supermarkets do?

Er, no like bakeries ,, coffee, sandwich shops. Which are everywhere.

Fresh pasta is no better than decent dried pasta and if you don't get it spot-on it's significantly worse. If you want to buy one because you like the ldea of making your own pasta and think it'll be a nice thing to do, go for it. If you think you'll be making tastier pasta you'll be disappointed.

exactly, it’s just a hobby. Like whittling.

 

[Supine]

It's a lockdown cooking idea for me. Plus I have a recipe for Saffron tagliatelle. I may only use it a few times

 

[RubyToogood]

For anyone who lives in Brixtonish or Crystal Palace, the Library of Things has a hand cranked Imperia pasta maker you can borrow for £3 a day.

 

[Epona]

It's a lockdown cooking idea for me. Plus I have a recipe for Saffron tagliatelle. I may only use it a few times

You only need a hand cranked one to roll out the pasta for that really - it is something that you could theoretically do with a rolling pin and a lot of elbow grease, but having a manual/hand-crank operated pasta roller will reduce the workload - no need for anything too fancy, taglietelle does not need extruding - just roll out pasta sheets as if for lasagne, lightly flour and loosely roll up and cut with a sharp knife (as if you were cutting a swiss roll into slices) to form long ribbons. Unroll the pasta ribbons and hang up to dry if you aren't going to use them immediately.

 

[oryx]

I’ve got the Marcato Atlas 150 as I said. This link shows it, and part of the range of accessories available. It’s a great machine, I love it. I use strong flour because I can’t get 00 here. I can‘t recommend it too highly.

Amazon.co.uk : atlas 150 pasta machine

www.amazon.co.uk

I have the same one and can confirm it's very good and simple to use and great for ravioli. This is my favourite recipe Lemon and goat's cheese ravioli | Yotam Ottolenghi although I had to tweak the dough recipe a bit.

It's fun to make your own pasta and feels quite relaxing and creative.

Annoyingly, I am using mine less as since having the kitchen done last year it's hard to find a worktop that it bolts onto properly.

But yes, you can get a good one for less than £200 plus.

 

[UrbaneFox]

It's a lockdown cooking idea for me. Plus I have a recipe for Saffron tagliatelle. I may only use it a few times

It could be the Urban pasta machine, just post here when you're sick of it, and someone will collect.

To be continued for ever / until it drops in bits

 

[farmerbarleymow]

For anyone who lives in Brixtonish or Crystal Palace, the Library of Things has a hand cranked Imperia pasta maker you can borrow for £3 a day.

That's a brilliant idea.

I've occasionally pondered buying a pasta maker, but I know I'd use it once and never again.

 

[chilango]

Er, no like bakeries ,, coffee, sandwich shops. Which are everywhere.

There were "fresh pasta shops" (half-way between a bakery and a deli) on my local street in Milan TBF.

 

[bimble]

If you're a person who would not enjoy standing there with a knife watching pasta squeeze through these holes and chopping the lengths you want then there's likely something wrong with you. Probably the most fun i had in March, which was not a great month tbf but still.
(the whole pasta making bit fits onto his food processor, not a separate machine far as i remember.)

 

[farmerbarleymow]

If you're a person who would not enjoy standing there with a knife watching pasta squeeze through these holes and chopping the lengths you want then there's likely something wrong with you.

I used to enjoy using the clay extruder at school which minced lumps of clay and spat out a never-ending clay sausage which you had to chop into more manageable pieces. So I imagine I'd equally enjoy chopping up extruded pasta.

 

[Grace Johnson]

Vogue 8 Pasta Machine - gg737 - Buy Online at Nisbets

Vogue 8 Pasta Machine (gg737) & more from our Pasta Machines and Utensils range at Nisbets.co.uk. Next day delivery on thousands of catering equipment items at great prices.

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We got one of these and it did the job quite nicely. Same site has imperia machines for a good price too.

We got one as a lockdown hobby, used it twice, it was nice and it was worth it for ravioli but we found we mostly just could be arsed and If I'm not going to make pasta when there is literally zero other things to do there's no chance I am going to be using it again.

f anyone wants this they are welcome to it. Probably cost a daft amount to post it but I'm in Central Manchester if anyone wants to collect it.

 

[dessiato]

This is for sale on Lidl online shop. (Screen shot so forgive the pic.)