Hamilton Beach Electric Pasta and Noodle Maker, Automatic, 7 Different Shapes, White (86650)

Pasta is one of my favorite foods, but I've never attempted making it myself. I have always felt like a lazy cook who has to do a lot of work. According to my research, this machine might be just what I'm looking for. Extrusion is the process by which a dough is pushed through the disc for the particular pasta you want the mixer mixes, you measure, it extrudes (pushes) it through the selected disc. As if it were cake (er, ), but after using it for three batches, I can say that it's pretty good, but doesn't always perform The first thing to remember is that you need to practice making the perfect pasta. Two preset programs are available on this machine, including a "quick pasta" setting that extrudes the noodles immediately after mixing, and a "traditional pasta" setting that rests for a few minutes after mixing and before The regular pasta setting is what I have been using because I tend to assume that quicker is not better. My goal is to become a maker. In this section, we present two basic noodles recipes. Fresh ingredients are important when cooking. If you want to make pasta, you can use whichever recipe you want - all you need to do is separate the dry ingredients from the liquid components. This can be as simple as flour and water, or you can add other dry ingredients to the flour to enhance the If you would like to add other wet ingredients to the liquid mix, you can add eggs, olive oil, or other liquid ingredients. In the recipes, it is suggested that, for one pound of simple egg pasta, one should use 400 grams of the dry component and 140 milliliters of liquid (measurements in metric are included). Let's think about this for a minute. . . here's where it gets tricky. In preset programs, you are instructed to put the dry part of your dough mix in first and then the machine will determine how much liquid to add. There is a discrepancy between what the recipe says and what I have been putting in the machine. For my first two batches, I put 400 grams of flour mix in the machine and it told me I needed 114 milliliters of water. It was too dry when the pasta was cooked. On my third batch, I went with the full 140 milliliters instead of 114 milliliters as the machine suggested. My opinion is that the pasta turned out much better, but the machine at times struggled to handle During this step, some of the dough did not push forward to the extruder, so I had to unplug the machine, move the dough around a bit by hand, restart the machine, and push the extruder button again to get the noodles The dough looks different while it is being mixed, so it takes a while to get used to it. I thought it was supposed to be moist and crumbly, but it looks way too dry. When it goes through the extruder, the dough turns into noodles. " Photos are included in the instruction booklet to demonstrate what the dough should look like, but I am hesitant to say that I found them as helpful as the text explaining the dough's texture. I have found that I get the best results when the dough is a little moister, so you might have to figure out what you want your dough to look like as it comes together. In spite of the fact that the machine can utilize all the dough, following the set amount of liquid is not enough to utilize it. After a while, the extruder function times out and stops, no matter what amount of dough was It took some time between the first and second time I used this machine, and a lot of dough was left over, so I had to reset the machine and release the extruder. I found, in my third batch, that the dough gets used more when it's softer, though I still had to add time to the end for extrusion. In addition, the dough seems not to do well with smaller quantities. However, if you do not need to cook all the pasta right away, you can make the larger batch and refrigerate or freeze the rest. The task of cleaning up can be Since there is so much dough stuck to various parts of the machine, it is difficult to remove it and clean The mixing mechanism was immersed together and then logged in water for soaking before I removed the pieces to be individually cleaned. Although this may sound like a very negative review - I would rate it 3 out of 5. It makes some pretty tasty noodles -- I'd rate it a five out of five if it were available. A bit of experimenting is needed to get the pasta to your exact liking, and you may have to ignore instructions for a time. The third batch of pasta I made came out well, and I'm excited to try out a few more recipes. In future batches, protocol will be made.

Aurora Frazier

| Mar 18, 2021

A human is required to take part in it. In addition, the quality of the pasta depends entirely on the ratio of liquid and flour in it, so it has a more negative impact than a manual pasta machine. There is almost no way one can finish one session with If improvements are not made to this machine, then I highly recommend not purchasing it. This is because it can at least make pasta, but it is not efficient, which is why two stars instead of one are given. why I haven't returned the machine is that it has been more than a month since I got it. Therefore, when I want to make good pasta, I then use a stand mixer for the dough and then use a manual pasta machine for the pasta. This method is far better than using an Automatic Electric Pasta and.

Kailani Lang

| Nov 01, 2020

There is something very wrong with this. There is a lot of dough that gets stuck between the output area and the attachment, making it difficult A second issue is that the motor is easily overworked and becomes very hot (as we found out with the included recipe). It also has a tendency to mix the ingredients together poorly. This is not what you want-.

Keaton Arnold

| Jun 05, 2021

This is the best thing I've ever seen. My own pasta is something I should be making for years, so why haven't I? As much as I appreciate this machine, I feel so guilty saying that I made pasta with it. It does ALL the work for me. A break in each lasagne sheet can be caused by the dye used in the sheets. You must reconnect the sheets to use the lasagne sheets. Those ravioli are a nightmare for ravioli lovers. I still consider her to be my own. The new best friend of your life. It's fun to clean us super fast using our tool and pulling out the dye with the dough has an ASMR effect on me. I'm glad I spent the money on this.

Kinslee Gardner

| Oct 21, 2020

The pasta maker from Hamilton Beach is a product I trust but not the electric products. When I had it I made noodles for my kids and they were so happy about it. As soon as I used it for the first time, there was no problem. I followed the instructions to put flour, and then I put water into the paper, just as I had done at the beginning when I started using it. Despite a smooth and straightforward process, the noddles came out very slowly, but my husband said even he can make them
Everything went wrong on my lunch plan on the second day. Even though I followed the instructions at the time, I only opened the flour can once, so that the maker wouldn't recognize that step, resulting in it asking for it again Once the device was operational, it requested water again, as if waiting for a mess noddle. Therefore, I understood it, the program can only be used one time, so you can't stop adding anything if it is working.
It's not as easy to clean up as it looks. Every part and edge of the pan needs to be cleaned to ensure your food will taste good the next time you use it. As long as you don't care about the time, you are patient every step of the way In my case, I returned it immediately and hired my husband to make noddles again due to the two reasons listed above. I love it!.

Kashton Compton

| Jul 20, 2020