KitchenAid KSMPEXTA Gourmet Pasta Press Attachment with 6 Interchangeable Pasta Plates, White

Eine wirklich tolle Maschine

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

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…

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!