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

We love fresh pasta and have made it by hand rolling or using the roller attachment and cutting normally. Thought we would try this for other types. It works really well and is nicely made. Some reviews trash it for being hard to clean, which I find a little unfair. It’s an extruded with the parts needed to make it…extrude. Yes there are some small spaces needing extra attention in cleaning but it just takes a little time. It’s not hard. I do think the buccatini is a little too wide ti be called that. But it’s quite good regardless. More like Pici sized. A little care and attention and it should last a long time. Love making enough at once to dry and keep for the weeks ahead. Use the 00 flour, I do think it makes a difference.

The pasta I made is completely gluten free and grain free since I used red lentil flour! I have wanted this attachment for some time now but I was concerned that a wheat free dough wouldn't work, would be too sticky, or wouldn't run through. I have not had commercially made pasta in over 4 years since my body went haywire from a worsening chronic illness and suddenly could no longer eat wheat/gluten or corn. Within 6 months my life had been dumped on my head. I would react to the corn added into salt and even in tap water, leaving me in excruciating pain and violently sick. Also because of my chronic illness I have very low energy levels and get worn out exceedingly easily. So even though I figured out my pasta dough a couple years ago I rarely make it because it is so physically demanding. Plus I specifically missed macaroni noodles. I was thrilled to see the orange dough coming out of the machine the first time! It will certainly take some practice to get the noodle lengths correct but that's not a big deal at all. I think my dough is still a little too sticky as the large macaroni kept regularly sealing on the end. Next time I'll add a bit more flour to see if it works better. Red lentil flour makes for a sticky dough anyway simply because it is not wheat so it behaves differently. Out of all my tests of the kinds of flour I can still have (brown rice, garbanzo/chickpea) only the red lentil held together when cooked. Red lentil flour is super easy to grind at home. I use my WonderMill for convenience and because I have it, but before I had that it would grind just as easily in an inexpensive ($20) coffee grinder dedicated to grinding flour. Even in the grinder the red lentils pulverize easily and leave a superfine flour. I do not know where or if commercially ground red lentil flour can be bought. Grinding it at home is so super easy that i just didn't worry about it. I am also very pleased to have a pasta that is better for my diabetic spouse to be able to eat! Because of the severe food restrictions imposed by my body, there is almost no prepackaged 'convenience' foods that I can have anymore. I also can't have commercially extracted starches (like tapioca, potato, etc.) due to corn cross-contamination issues so finding flours that worked for me was far from easy. I am THRILLED to be able make noodles ahead and dry them. I have done this before with the red lentil dough and it works great. I'm only 42 years old but I thought macaroni was something I'd never be able to eat again. Funny thing about red lentils when cooked is the color changes, so these look like and FEEL like regular wheat noodles when eating them! At least to the best of my knowledge; I grew up eating homemade macaroni and cheese so I'd think I know rather well. ;D It certainly takes a bit of work to clean up the machine, but honestly it isn't too bad. The only thing I wish I could change is to have two more die plates, one for small shell noodles, and another for mini lasagna noodles like the size found in Hamburger Helper. I would be utter thrilled to have those options! I can't stop imagining all the pasta dishes I can have again! :D --------------------------- Red Lentil Egg Pasta 250 g. Red Lentil Flour* 3 Large Eggs 1/4 tsp. Salt 1.) Mix & kneed dough until fully combined. 2.) Divide into 30 g. balls for 'walnut sized' portions. 3.) Use pasta machine as directed. 4.) Bring water to boil & cook fresh pasta for 7 minutes. Drain. Dried noodles: Boil 5 minutes & cover and let sit 7 minutes before draining. (This was the cooking directions listed for the (thicker) hand rolled dried pasta I made in the past. I'm including it here in case you needed a bit of a guide for cooking the dried pasta. The pasta from the KitchenAid attachment has much thinner walls so I'd assume the 7 minutes can be reduced but not entirely sure by how much right now. *Next batch I'm going to try 275 g. Red Lentil Flour to see if it makes a less sticky dough that doesn't seal the macaroni tubes when cutting off.

Ever since getting the KitchenAid pasta roller attachment, we completely stopped buying store bought pasta. Homemade is just always better. I had been eyeing this pasta press for a while, and it definitely expanded what we can make at home! The variety of shapes is the biggest win. It makes pasta nights feel more fun and elevated, and we use it at least once a week in our house. If you love pasta, this is such a great addition to your KitchenAid setup. That said, there are a couple things to be aware of. There is a bit of a learning curve with dough consistency, and cleanup requires some patience. I’ve found that lightly sprinkling flour inside the attachment and occasionally dusting the bottom where the pasta extrudes helps prevent sticking and keeps everything running smoothly. Also, let the dough dry completely before cleaning, it makes a huge difference and brushes off easily once dry. The metal tool will be your best friend! I did have to get a replacement initially because the first one arrived with a small cosmetic defect. Also, the packaging could definitely be improved. Both times the cleaning pick and pasta discs were loose and moving around in the box. Thankfully, the replacement itself worked perfectly with no defects. Because it comes with multiple small parts, I also recommend getting some kind of storage solution. I paired mine with a 3D printed caddy from Amazon, which keeps everything organized with my other attachments. Overall, despite the minor packaging issues, this is absolutely worth it if you enjoy making fresh pasta and don’t mind a little extra effort for a much better result! 🍝

Got my Pasta Press yesterday and made pasta today. This is awesome!!! Pasta came out just great. The Press seems to be well made, with a nice variety of pastas to pick from. Easy to set up and use. I expect nothing less from KitchenAid. Just for the record, I make pasta with my Kitchenaid Pasta Cutter, so I do have some pasta making experience. This press will work great for you, but understand that it's all in the dough. It can't be too dry or too moist. Dry dough will crumble and not stick together, too moist dough will clog the auger and stick to the discs. If it crumbles in your hand when you knead it, it's too dry. If it sticks to your hands, it's too moist. You can sprinkle it with flour or wet your fingers when you knead the dough to get the right consistency. You can experiment with dough recipes in the book that comes with the press, on the Kitchenaid website and there are dozens of recipes on various websites on line. Making the dough is a little time consuming, but OMG, it's worth the work to get great, fresh pasta. You will need about 1 1/2 to 2 hours at least, as you have to let the dough rest for about 1/2 hour before forming the little "meatballs" that go in the auger, the time for the pasta to be processed, drying time, and the most time consuming thing... cleaning the discs. If you're not prepared the spend the time, your press will sit on the shelf forever, so you really do have to make the commitment. Cleaning the discs is the WORST part of the experience. They only way to do it is with the little pick that comes with the press, as you can't wash them. It's best to let the leftover dough dry thoroughly, then sit down, have a glass of wine and pick out the rest of the dough that doesn't fall out when you tap the disc with your hand. That's why I gave it only 4 stars.. cleaning and I didn't have any wine. Hope you like your Kitchenaid Pasta Press as much as I do. Hopefully with the information I left your first experience won't be too traumatic and you will enjoy eating fresh pasta for many years.

I have used this attachment three times so far and it works great! And it's a lot of fun. My daughter really enjoys kneading the dough because it smells so good. I think the trick is to make sure the dough isn't too dry and to feed the dough balls in slowly as to not jam the machine. Speed setting will vary. For tube noodles, I've used a high speed on the motor. For fusilli, I used a mid-speed setting. I haven't tried the spaghetti plate yet. For clean-up, the user manual recommends waiting until the pasta is dry (the next day) to remove the last bits of dough from the plate using their picking tool. After seeing a YouTube video about how the dough can accumulate inside the plate, I took the video creator's advice and opened the extruding plate with a case opening tool. You can buy that tool on Amazon, it's called The Opening Tool, by Unlimited Innovations. The plate easily opens, and easily goes back together and it makes cleanup very quick. The quality of this unit is very good too. I use the 325-watt KitchenAid stand mixer. We made a big batch of noodles two days ago, and I put the uncooked noodles in the refrigerator. I used them for soup tonight, and besides being delicious, I had to smile thinking about the fun we had making them. I highly recommend this product. Using this machine feels like you are playing with play-doh, but you get to eat it.

I absolutely love this. I have a family of four and so I wanted to make our pasta at home amongst other things and so now mill my own flour, create the pasta base and add it to this noodle maker. It does take a little time to figure out in the beginning but once you get going its honestly super simple. I saw other reviews where it states hard to clean which I did not experience that. It all comes apart pretty easily once you figure it out and I just soak the plate and cleaned up quite nicely.

This takes your pasta game to the next level. Making pasta in the shape you want just got a lot easier. This little gadget is fantastic. Disclaimer I've only used it once so far. The noodles came out perfectly shaped. It was so much easier then the counter mounted pasta maker that makes you crank the handle. The clean up is always a chore with pasta makers. Dough is wasted/lost inside this pasta maker. We ended up tossing out a fairly large amount of dough hen we cleaned it out. Clean up was much easier then the counter top counterpart, but we did lose some dough. The amount lost is not massive you end up with about an 1"- 1 1/4" ball trapped inside the press near the installed plate. Making the pasta dough was really the hardest part, and that was fairly easy. I would highly recommend this press to anyone that wants to make pasta at home. It's so much easier to use and way easier to clean up afterwards.

Love it! My daughter wanted to make her own lentil pasta and I decided this item would be easier as you roll the dough into small balls to feed into the machine. She used just lentil flour and water. The pasta came out dry enough that we probably didn’t need as much flour in our catching container as we used. The pasta took 2-3 minutes to cook. I am so happy I bought this machine. And kudos to Amazon because after I bought it and used it once, I saw it go on sale. I didn’t want to return and rebuy, so I contacted them through the chat and they offered a partial refund for the difference. Another five star service. Very pleased.

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

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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!