Imperia Italian Double Cutter Pasta Machine

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Don't waste money buying in your pasta, utilise the power of commercial pasta machines to help you create fresh pasta that will seriously set you apart from the competition. Even though the Imperia pasta machine is very easy to use, making the dough and cutting it is still time-consuming. Bring a pan of water to a rolling boil and add the pasta. Adding salt isn't done in Italy - the taste of home-made pasta is so delicious you really don't need it.

Fresh pasta dough doesn't have a very complex recipe: It's made of flour, water, and egg. After mixing the ingredients together, you knead, roll, and shape the dough into whatever noodles you want. Fresh pasta cooks in boiling water just like dried, but it cooks much faster—one to three minutes for fresh versus seven to 10 or even longer for dried. This only applies to extruder machines, but each model has an ideal batch size. If the mixing chamber is too full or too empty, the dough can get over-kneaded, which makes it harder to push through the dies. You can end up with uneven-textured noodles, or not be able to get the dough through at all. Different brands performed totally differently in this respect during testing—some worked better while completely full, and others liked smaller batches. There are two basic ways a pasta machine can work. The classic tabletop machine uses a pair of rollers to flatten dough into a sheet, then passes the sheet through a cutter to slice it into individual noodles. These can use a hand crank or an electric motor to turn the rollers and cutter. Pasta makers that attach to a KitchenAid or other stand mixer work the same way, using the mixer's onboard motor for power. There are cutters available that can make a variety of sizes of noodle, but a roller-style machine can pretty much only make flat pasta and not more complex shapes like penne or macaroni.With a consumer review rating with 80% of the votes as a 4/5 or higher, the all-round consensus definitely remains positive. If you want a high quality machine, but would like to save where possible, the Imperia is a perfectly good choice. Just remember there are less attachments available, but if you don’t care about these attachments, and are just looking for a flat pasta roller then the Imperia is a great, authentic Italian machine that offers solid value for money.

If you have a KitchenAid stand mixer, you might have noticed the little cap on the front that's held on with a screw. This little access port allows you to connect a wide variety of attachments to the motor, which can do anything from grind meat to mill grain into flour. The KitchenAid pasta maker is our favorite one of those because it's so easy and works so well compared to manual models. Beside the roller and the two cutters, there are more attachments available for the two pasta makers. The Marcato has a total of 9 different attachments available for long types of pasta, and Imperia sells up to 6 different attachments for the Imperia. In the mood for some angel hair pasta? Get the size and texture right with this removable cutter head attachment for your Imperia machine. Expertly made by Italian masters from stainless steel, this cutter fits perfectly into the Imperial model 150. Both are great models. If both machines were at the same price point, I can’t see a reason to buy the Imperia over the Marcato. But with the Imperia priced lower, it does offer a solid choice as a budget high quality pasta maker. The two pasta rollers can be turned into real motorized pasta machines with their respective motor attachments. The pasta machine motor for the Marcato and Imperia are both made of plastic and steel, which doesn’t feel too sturdy, rather flimsy honestly. It still works after all these years, but I’ve always used it with caution.I am sorry to hear that you view the review as unobjective. I want the review to be objective, but my own opinion most likely leaks through the article as well. In the coming week I will review this post and see where I let my opinion take over this review. The Marcato is my personal favorite, yes, but both the Imperia and Marcato are great machines. When it's time to clean up, you have to disassemble a lot of parts and rinse them with soap and water, but the included scraper and brush make that a fairly effortless process. The dies and some other interior pieces are even dishwasher-safe, but we didn't find the dishwasher necessary. It's best to just hand-wash the pieces right after use so you don't have to worry about dough drying in place. Yes, the Imperia 150 is a great pasta maker! Good quality, easy to use and its one of the best selling manual machines for a good reason. I love the look of the machine with its shiny exterior and the classic wooden hand crank. The Marcato Atlas 150 is equipped with Wellness rollers which are made of anodized aluminum. Anodized aluminum is twice as hard as stainless steel, making the chance of metal particles less likely with rollers made from anodized aluminum. As Marcato has patented this technology, there are no other pasta rollers that have this same feature. If you and your family try to avoid aluminum with cooking altogether, Cons: You will need to buy separate accessories to make the remaining pasta shapes - spaghetti etc.

How well the pasta makers made different types of pasta: Following the included directions and using the same dough recipe with each machine, we made batches of wide-cut fettuccine and narrow-cut spaghetti. We also made a batch of penne with each extruder machine, and tested out any other included cutters for making different shapes (such as ravioli, angel hair, and more.) We took notes on dough texture and evenness, and whether the individual noodles cut and separated cleanly. The Imperia SP150 pasta machine is not just a thing of great beauty it's an object of supreme practicalty - from it's solid steel and wooden cranking handle right through to its sturdy, steadfast table clamp. This is Italian high-end manufacturing and craftsmanship at its absolute finest. Our Lab team has spent collective decades working in professional kitchens, developing recipes, and testing kitchen gear. They are not interchangeable. The Atlas attachment does not work with the Imperia machine. The Imperia motor attachment does not work with the Atlas machine. You will need to get the appropriate attachment that matches your pasta maker. The new machine is somewhat lighter. The reviewer attributes this to the manufacturer taking shortcuts by the use of more internal plastic parts.remember to start off on a higher setting and work your way down to a thinner setting so the motor has a long life. If you start off thin, you will burn out the motor. The KitchenAid logo is always a sign of quality, but it also raises the price of whatever appliances and accessories it's on. However, there are lots of other brands that make tools compatible with KitchenAid mixers, without that added cost. This Rethone attachment costs less than half of the official KitchenAid equivalent, and it only performed a little worse in our tests. (Keep in mind, though, that it only works with KitchenAid stand mixers, so you'll need one of those to start with.) When it floats to the top - about two to three minutes - it's ready. Don't overcook it - it will turn to much! But, if you’re looking for the best, just go for the Marcato – it’s a no brainer. With plenty of options available when it comes to extra attachments, It’s simply the best manual pasta maker available right now, but you just have to pay a little bit extra for that. Overall Winner – The Marcato Atlas 150

We recommend the electric option if you make pasta often or for a very large crowd, as that will save you time; however, there’s something very charming and traditional about a smaller, more manual option. If you make pasta rarely or for a smaller number of people, select a manual option to retain that sense of history. Though they're quite a bit pricier than manual pasta makers, extruders make the entire process fully automatic. You add ingredients and insert a die to choose a shape, and the machine does the rest. The compact Viva can make nearly a pound at a time, and the texture of the pasta it made in testing was almost perfect. The result was pretty much the same – pretty, thin sheets of pasta. Really, as long as your dough is great most pasta rollers do a decent job. Using the cutters for spaghetti & fettuccine We were impressed with this inexpensive model's clamp. It has a concave washer that holds tightly against any flat surface. Once screwed down finger-tight, the thing wouldn't wobble no matter how much we tried to move it. The removable crank also turns very smoothly and easily, but it doesn't attach very securely into the side. It slipped out several times in testing, especially while cutting.

Pasta machines give the ability to simply add egg and flour to the mixing chamber and let the machine do it's thing without hindrance and provide even pasta making novices with effortlessly consistent results.