KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: KitchenAidBrand: KitchenAid
Model: KPRA
Product 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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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers
Customer Review: I love my sheet roller!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a caterer and have been a foodie for over 30 years. I began my journey with pasta over 20 years ago. My cheese/spinach ravioli is a much requested item. I bought the KitchenAid Roller Attachment set about 9 years ago. I own lots of ravioli gadgets - a ravioli rolling pin, several individual cutters, 3 different sizes of presses, and a manual roller/cutter that clamps onto the counter top edge( I even had my new counter tops done differently in three locations just to accomidate that manual machine!) When I teach classes on making pasta, I show all of my gadgets, but I use this sheet roller for all the actual work.
I've never had any problems with mine. I noticed several reviews complained about the initial cleaning of the product. I have bought (and returned quite a few) many gadgets to roll, cut or form pasta. Metal products are coated in machine oil. You should also do maintanence to your rollers (all of the metal ones) and oil the fittings every few years. All metal machinery takes occassional oiling or it'll freeze up. I give dough to kids and let them roll it out to clean it. Just like when I oil my sewing machine; I have to sew on scrap for a bit to get the excess off the needle or it'll drip oil onto your project.
Another poor review said the pasta dough recipe made too dry of a dough. Another said they heard some plastic pop and break. Well, I make breads too. The weather affects how much liquid the flour will take. This can change from day to day on the same recipe. Any baker or good cook knows this. That's why new bakers are told to not bake on rainy days or high humidity days. Us 'old' cooks don't need to heed that warning.
When the dough is too dry it WILL break a machine. The dough should feel like silk (or as we say in our house- as smooth as a baby's butt). If it's dry and crumbly, cut it into smaller pieces, and sprinkle a few tiny drops of water on the pieces and give it short bursts in a food processor. Just do a few drops at a time until it is right. If it's too wet, cut into pieces and add 1/2 tsp of flour at a time and do the short pulses of the food processor. You can also add water or flour to the dough while kneeding it through the rollers.
Here's how-
Set rollers on thickest setting, run through rollers, flour the top side lightly, fold over into thirds, pat some more flour on each side and run it through again. you should kneed your dough several times before making your sheet anyway. If it's too dry then SLIGHTLY dampen the top, fold each side over the center (thirds) and run it through. Don't put the water on the outside or it'll make a sticky mess.
So......
The recipe given in the book is fine, the weather is the problem and a bit of common sense. ; )
As for the complaint about the rollers being too hard to clean. None of the metal rollers I have seen can be immersed in water. They are ALL made this way. That's shy you oil them. If you have dried dough inside, then shake the roller unit around(after you've removed it from your mixer) to get them out and run some throw away dough through it to catch the pieces. BTW, the reason there's dough dried inside the housing is because your dough was too wet or too dry. Good 'baby butt smooth' dough doesn't break off on the edges.
To finish, I want to say that all of my kids and their friends have helped me in the kitchen with this tool and that I have had 3 year olds run this unit. I love my KitchenAid and the only bad product I've ever bought was the Ravioli maker they made. Now THAT was a piece of crap. Buy a ravioli press and a cheap rolling pin (it'll ruin yours by making the wavy cutting lines indent themselves onto your pin.)
Happy pasta making! I had to write this review after I saw so many idiotic bad reviews from people who either can't cook (but think they can) and/or people who have no common sense at all (like the person who said the dough was too dry in the recipe! That one cracked me up!)
Description of KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers
We're sure you'll agree, the flavor and texture of boxed pasta pales in comparison to fresh homemade pasta. But who has the time and energy for cranking dough through a manual machine? Fortunately that workhorse of the kitchen, your KitchenAid stand mixer is happy to do the work with this attachment. Make egg noodles, lasagna, tortellini, fettuccine, and angel hair pasta. Add herbs and seasonings to compliment any recipe.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. --Marcie Bovetz
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