The true culinary traditions of the past never die. The recipes that my grandmother cooked are always in vogue even among younger people. Certainly, the time available will not be the same, but the methods for obtaining healthy and genuine recipes are the same for a long time ago.
The method par excellence, which we deal with today, are the machines to make pasta, even with the engine, as well as with the classic crank: who has never been enchanted to observe someone who made handmade pasta and wants to try to emulate it?
Machines for homemade pasta: How they are made
Let’s start from the base: the machines for homemade pasta have always been created in stainless steel like the rest of the machine body, in some models, it is equipped with rubber feet to adhere perfectly to the table. On the side of the base, there is a clamp to fix and tighten the machine to the table: in this way, you can put pressure on the pasta, without the machine moving.
Going upwards, there is the real machine body that serves to roll out the dough and give us the desired cut. Enclosed within two solid steel sides are two rollers that smooth and reduce the thickness of the dough: each machine has its minimum thickness, which on average, is in the order of 0.6 mm. On the right side, there is a crank to select the desired thickness. In some models, there is a second set of cylinders to be applied to the machine body that serves to cut the dough.
How do pasta machines work?
After obtaining the ball of dough and having it worked by hand, you can switch to mechanical processing to obtain the desired type of pasta. Just insert the ball at the entrance to the rollers and start turning the crank. In essence, we recommend starting with the maximum thickness since the secret to obtaining a good homemade pasta is just to pass it several times inside the two main rollers, each time with an ever smaller thickness, until the desired one is reached.
Homemade Pasta Machines: Recommended Models
To have good results with homemade pasta machines, it is essential to have the right ” tools “, and those that we show you here are highly recommended, tested for years, and then purchased with confidence.
Pasta Maker Machine by Imperia
- Titania Pasta Maker- Exclusive, elegant and easy to use pasta machines
- Pasta Machine- Prepares Lasagna sheets from manually prepared dough that can be then...
- Guaranteed to make fresh safe and clean pasta noodles
Probably the brand of machines to pull the best-known pasta on the market. It is produced in stainless steel: in the lower part, there is the clamp to fix it to the work surface, and four feet are present in the underlying part of the base, to allow a better grip on the table.
As mentioned, it may happen that the feet leave a small imprint on the surface where it is being worked, but it is enough to avoid this problem by using a cloth as thickness and always place the machine in a dry place.
Imperia Pasta Maker Machine – Heavy Duty
- Pasta Maker- Traditional pasta roller lets you make the freshest pasta you've ever...
- Pasta Machine- Made of heavy duty, shiny chromed plated steel
- 6-inch wide roller with double cutter head that makes thin spaghetti and wide...
Here is the most-used model in the homes, the classic model of Imperia! Unlike the previous model, it is equipped with a machine body useful for spreading lasagna, and the second dedicated to cutting spaghetti and tagliolini. The size of the first machine body is the same as the previous one; it is only slightly shorter in the upper part since it is equipped with only one roller instead of three.
The second body adapts easily to the first, thanks to the grooves on both. Mounting the second part of the machine can be useful even if you decide to make lasagna: if you are alone to pull the dough, you can lay the dough on the second machine body while the first refine the dough. Recommended for those who particularly love lasagna!
Imperia Pasta Maker Machine- Deluxe 11 Piece Set
- Pasta Maker- with six thickness settings and secure clamp
- Pasta Machine- Ravioli making attachment and ravioli tools
- Spaghetti making attachment
It is called ” La Fabbrica Della Pasta,” and as its name suggests, it is a complete set for the creation of any type of pasta you want: from simple lasagna to tagliolini and fettuccine to ravioli and macaroni. In the package, there are three accessory machine bodies, two for different thicknesses for tagliolini and spaghetti, and one for stuffed pasta and macaroni. To define the dough once the processing is complete, there is a small brush, a cutter to cut, and two wooden bailers. Up to 6 different thicknesses of pasta can be obtained. A gift idea not too expensive, and of great impact!
Marcato Atlas Pasta Machine
- Marcato’s Original World-Famous Atlas 150 pasta machine rolls and cuts pasta dough...
- Made in Italy from chrome-plated steel; Includes pasta machine, pasta cutter, hand...
- Rolls sheets of dough to 150-millimeters wide at 10 thicknesses (0. 6 to 4....
A direct competitor of the previous one: also, in this case, the machine is produced in stainless steel with a clamp to tighten it to the work surface and the feet below the base for a firmer and firm grip during the working phase. The rollers that work the dough are in anodized aluminum: the central ones smooth the dough, while with those contained in the second machine body, you get noodles and fettuccine.
The side crank allows you to choose up to 10 different thicknesses from 0.6 mm to 4.8 mm, while the width of the noodles will be 1.5 mm and that of the fettuccine of 6 mm. It is a bit more weighty than the previous one, it comes to 1.4 kg, handy and easy to store.
And to speed up?
We mentioned the engine: it allows to speed up the processing of pasta. It is also useful in case you work the dough yourself, it helps to support the dough every time it passes through the rollers. It also keeps the speed of the rolls constant, making the dough even more homogeneous.
The engine produced by Imperia is universal and adapts to any type of pasta machine: it is equipped with a snap-on hook, in our opinion, simple and fast, to go from manual to electric without great difficulty. It can be used with two speeds: continuous or intermittently. Recommended for those who have to work a lot of pasta, maybe for a large family and especially think of working without the help of anyone else.
- Made of steel and ABS plastic
- Includes 20 page booklet with instructions in various languages
- Eliminates need for table clamp
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