newtwoq
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- Joined
- Oct 23, 2012
- Location
- Richmond, Va
Ok, so this isn't quite Q, but we recently got a Hamilton Beach Pasta Maker and absolutely love it! If you have ever made fresh pasta by hand, you know that it can be a bit messy with flour and egg all over your counter. Then the dough must be put through a pasta machine to flatten, elongate, and activate the gluten.
The pasta maker operates by putting in an amount of flour in the bin and the machine weighs the flour and calculates how much liquid you need. We typically add a beaten egg and water in the amount needed. Then the machine automatically kneads the dough by spinning the dough hook in one direction and then once kneaded, it reverses direction of the dough hook and it causes the dough to be pushed through a die in the shape that you desire. The dough looks like it is way under on the liquid component, but trust the machine and it comes out good. If too much liquid is added the pasta doesn’t work properly. The pasta maker comes with 7 different dies for penne, spaghetti, fettucine, and lasagna noodles. We have also added spinach, carrot, or beat juice to change the flavor of the pasta up.
Lastly, the pasta doesn’t need to dry on a rack before cooking, it can go straight into a pot of boiling salted water and cooks in approximately 3 mins. From start to finish we can have freshly made pasta on the table in about 20 mins. I would highly recommend this to anyone willing to give it a try!
The pasta maker operates by putting in an amount of flour in the bin and the machine weighs the flour and calculates how much liquid you need. We typically add a beaten egg and water in the amount needed. Then the machine automatically kneads the dough by spinning the dough hook in one direction and then once kneaded, it reverses direction of the dough hook and it causes the dough to be pushed through a die in the shape that you desire. The dough looks like it is way under on the liquid component, but trust the machine and it comes out good. If too much liquid is added the pasta doesn’t work properly. The pasta maker comes with 7 different dies for penne, spaghetti, fettucine, and lasagna noodles. We have also added spinach, carrot, or beat juice to change the flavor of the pasta up.
Lastly, the pasta doesn’t need to dry on a rack before cooking, it can go straight into a pot of boiling salted water and cooks in approximately 3 mins. From start to finish we can have freshly made pasta on the table in about 20 mins. I would highly recommend this to anyone willing to give it a try!
