KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers
KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers
KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers, A great accessory for your KitchenAid stand mixer. This set features a roller to knead and roll your pasta, a fettuccine cutter, and a spaghetti cutter. Each is easy to install and easy to remove for cleaning with the including cleaning brush. Fits all KitchenAid stand mixers, not shown.
If you have a passion for perfectly prepared pasta, try making your own delectable lasagna noodles, fettuccine, or linguine fini with this pasta roller set that fits all KitchenAid stand mixers. The three attachments include a pasta roller, a fettuccine cutter, and a linguine fini cutter. Just prepare pasta dough and form it into small rectangles which are then fed into one of the attachments. Out come uniform lasagna noodles, fettuccine, linguine, or angel hair pasta. The pasta can be enjoyed fresh or frozen or dried for later. Complete directions, cooking tips, and recipes are included, though cleaning the attachments can be a bit of a challenge, as they can’t be washed in water, and any dried-on pasta particles must be removed with the included cleaning brush and toothpicks.
KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers Features
- Stainless-steel set includes pasta roller, fettuccine cutter, and linguine fine cutter
- Fit all KitchenAid stand mixers
- Clean with included wooden cleaning brush and toothpicks
- Attachments measure approximately 9 by 3 inches
- 1-year warranty; made in Italy
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KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers Reviews
I have had every kind of pasta roller – the chrome manual kind, the one that does everything (mixes, extrudes) and now this. I LOVE it. I love having my hands free to hold the dough going in and coming out and not having the manual roller shift all over the place. I am amazed how thin I can make the dough – tissue paper-thin. My only complaint, and I make it for the sake of completeness, is the fact that it took SEVERAL batches of dough (the first of which I was willing to sacrifice) to “clean” it out. I noticed what looked like metallic deposits all over my dough, especially on the edges. This was very distressing to me. I tried wiping the roller with a towel (for about an hour), I tried rubbing it with olive oil and I tried dusting it with flour, all of which helped, but it was ridiculous how much time I had to spend and how many batches of dough I had to waste (about four)! Overall, however, I am very pleased, but I think they should include in the instructions a statement to the effect that you should expect to see the deposits and how to clean it, or they should make sure it’s cleaner before sending it out!
This is, without a doubt, my favorite KitchenAid attachment. If you like to make fresh pasta, these rollers are well worth the money.
The pasta roller attachment works in the same way a manual pasta machine does. You pass the dough through the roller set until the desired thickness is achieved. Then you pass the strips of dough through cutters for either fettuccine or angel hair. This joy of using these rollers is that you don’t have to crank a machine by hand or find a surface to clamp it down to.
I have been making fresh pasta for over 35 years and I have used several different methods. The KitchenAid roller attachment is the best that I have used. It is fast and effortless and clean-up is a breeze (a cleaning brush is included). The documentation that comes with the attachment is clear and easy to understand.
There is one minor flaw with the roller unit. The thickness it is set for does not always align with the marks on the adjustment wheel. This is NOT a critical problem. You can clearly see and feel the thickness of the dough and you can easily adjust the thickness accordingly. Also, if you turn the adjustment handle all the way around a couple of times the problem will correct itself. My hand cranked Atlas machine has the same minor flaw and it has NEVER affected the final outcome of my pasta. In my opinion, this problem is so minor that I will not mark the product down for it.
Overall I think that this is a well made and easy to use product. Making fresh pasta on the spur of the moment is effortless.
EXCELLENT product. The only drawback is that not everyone has the luxury to own a $200 plus motor to power this. I do. My Mom used to make several batches of fresh Chinese egg noodles and Won Ton Mein for the family. We are lucky to be 5 children, so each of us helped Mom crank turn her manual pasta roller. Now, 25 years later, I showed this marvel to Mom, and now we are making pasta again at home!!! Mom usually doesn’t accept well the new technology gadgets, so I told Mom, I am getting this pasta roller, it looks exactly like the one she owned, but it is just separated in 3 pieces and it uses an electric turner. She loves it to her amaze, we ended up making 3 batches in a row the first day. The recipe booklet is fine. One suggestion, don’t bother to use the flat beater to mix the ingredients initially. Don’t get that spoiled. Do the initial mixing with a long and narrow wood spatula or spoon, or with your hands. The flat beater tends to splash the flour out (yes the pouring shield helps, but the less gadgets the easier the cleanup after). When you do the initial mixing by hand you can really tell if your pasta mix is too wet or too dry. Mom said to try to make little clumps, and if it sticks together and if it does not stick to your finger, it is the right wetness. It only takes a few minutes to do the initial mixing, I do it in the mixer’s bowl, inside my kitchen sink, call me a neat freak. Then I let the dough hook finish the rest, usually up to 6 minutes (not 3 as written on the booklet). Then I finish kneeding by hand. Mom said to throw the dough against the kitchen counter or floor, the more you throw it, the better. I found it is easier to throw it than to try kneeding it with your knuckles. ENJOY. Get one.


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