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This 3 piece, all metal set contains a pasta roller, fettuccine cutter, and linguine cutter. Includes wooden cleaning brush and toothpicks. Fits all KitchenAid stand mixers.
Product Detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #70425 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Brand: KitchenAid
- Model: KPRA pasta attachment
- Dimensions: 10.04" h x7.48" w x3.94" l,
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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful.
A very handy device to have around, great quality, long lasting.
By D. Brennan
I ran one ball of dough through the machine and I was done. No metal shavings, no grease, no discolored parts. I have only had my machine for 5 years now. Many of the reviews citing problems with this device are older than that, so perhaps the manufacturer listened to the complaints of those who purchased their machines longer ago and who had problems. A success story for quality control and buyer feedback??
A couple of tips. I thought that a low speed setting for the mixer would be most appropriate. Bad idea. I find that the best speed settings for the roller and slicing attachments are 3 or 4. If you go slower, you get a less regular texture. Too much quicker and the dough tears.
Not documented in the booklet that comes with the device is that you can widen the rollers a bit extra if you go clockwise a bit past 1. This is where I start my rolling. I usually put the ball of dough through this setting 2-3 times, folding it in half before each re-roll.
I then narrow the rollers 2 notches for each subsequent rolling until the desired thickness is achieved. I use the following settings for different types of pasta:
Ravioli - 4
Linguini - 6
Fetuccini - 5
'Broken Noodles' - 5
You can go thinner for things like angel hair pasta, but I usually prefer heartier pastas which Tuscan-inspired sauces.
Take note - if you are making pasta for a group larger than 3-4, or are otherwise not planning on taking it directly from the roller to boiling water, you will need a good pasta rack/dryer unless you have acres of counter space. If you attempt to accumulate your pasta in a 'pile' before cooking, you get a big blob of pasta-ish dough and you will need to completely re-roll it. Laying the pasta in a flat, single layer, is an option but I do not have that much counter space. I therefore use a pasta dryer to hang the pasta for a few minutes to a couple of hours until I am ready to boil it.
Updated June 3, 2009 - We have been using this now for just shy of 5 years and it still works very well. The device has been easy to maintain, there has been no build up of gunk even though you cannot wash it in soap and water, and the rollers are still spinning evenly despite semi-regular use.
Updated June 2010 - Still going strong!
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
"It's the berries!"
By sedonaman
November 9, 2011
I have a very old Imperia pasta machine that I inherited from my mother. I began looking for a way to speed up the process even though it is motorized. I thought with my KitchenAid K45 and a pasta attachment, I could save a lot of time by making the sheets with one and cutting with other since alone both the Imperia and the mixer kit require moving the attachments back and forth between rolling and cutting.
I read most of the reviews and noticed some concern about plastic gears. There are apparently two kits with the same KitchenAid model number [KPRA] on Amazon:
ASIN: B00004SGFS [...] does not mention anything about the gears; but,
ASIN: B000KPULR2 [...] states that the gears are steel. Whether this is actually the case is not obvious, so I contacted a manufacturer's rep on their chat exchange. She was not able to provide an answer.
You also have to note that the cutters are different between the two. I wanted the one with the spaghetti cutter, and the prices are the same, so I ordered the latter.
The kit arrived day before yesterday, and I noticed that it has a 5-3/4-inch roller/cutter width, whereas my Imperia would produce only a 4-inch width sheet. So, instead of using them both, I used the kit to roll out the sheets first and stacked them with plastic wrap in between. I then switched to the cutter and ran them all through at the same time. The batch I made up in just a few hours this morning was with a dozen eggs, which is a LOT of pasta.
The KitchenAid KPRA [ASIN: B000KPULR2] performed flawlessly. Whereas the Imperia's motor had only a single speed, the mixer has ten, although anything above about three is difficult to manage. Also, the KitchenAid mixer has a much more powerful motor and performs effortlessly where the Imperia's motor labors. The KitchenAid is a LOT quieter also.
Some reviewers had trouble with the noodles sticking together. This is because the dough is too wet or the surface of the sheets is too moist. Mixing the proper proportion of flour with the eggs and/or keeping the sheets well-dusted with flour solves that problem. First roll the sheet through thickness #1 and then fold in half lengthwise. Put it through a second time. Repeat the folding and rolling again until you have a roughly rectangular shape. Dust both sides liberally with flour and reduce thickness to #2. Repeat dusting and reducing until you reach the desired thickness. The spaghetti cutter forms a round noodle, so don't reduce it further than #4.
I have not tried the flat noodle cutter yet.
Bottom line: Based on the first use, "It's the berries," as my Italian mother would say, so I am well-satisfied and would recommend this kit to anyone interested in home-made pasta that is easy to make.
Update, November 24, 2012
Finally got around to using the flat noodle cutter. It is really too wide for my taste, since the noodles expand as they cook. They end up about 3/8 inch wide. Also, I used a #5 setting on the rollers for the thickness, and it turned out to be a little too thick, so next time I'll go with #6. You will have to experiment with different settings to get them as you prefer.
Tried to find a cutter with a width between the spaghetti and the fettuccine, but Kitchen Aid doesn't offer one.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
A reat addition to my kitchen!
By Mary Anne Buckles
I have had a Kitchen Aid mixer for probably 20 years but never invested in any attachments. What a mistake I made. This pasta maker is easy to use, has a choice of thicknesses for the pasta and it fun. If you like to cook from scratch, this is a must-have tool!
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