Yahoo News Five of the best pasta machines 2017
Life without the occasional steaming bowl of fresh pasta may not be worth living, and smugness levels don’t get much higher than when you’ve rolled the shapes out yourself.
Imperia pasta machine
The widely popular chrome-plated steel Imperia model clamps to the side of your worktop, leaving hands free for feeding dough through the rollers on to the guiding tray.
It is particularly easy to use and clean and has an adjustment dial that lets you make six different thicknesses of pasta - like linguine, ravioli, tortellini and even the super thin spaghettini.
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Lakeland pasta maker machine
Lakeland's model is exceptionally good value for money. This stainless-steel machine is slightly larger than the Imperia (it also clamps to the counter for stability) and makes excellent fettuccine, lasagne sheets and tagliatelle.
Dough (a basic recipe for it comes with the machine) must be fed through the rollers using the handle at least three times before it reaches the right thickness.
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Marcato Atlas pasta maker
The sturdy Marcato Atlas machine is made of nickel and chrome-plated steel for easy cleaning and makes spaghetti, fettucine and lasagne.
It also comes with a brilliant 12-page recipe and instruction booklet and has 10 thickness settings for maximum pasta precision.
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KitchenAid pasta roller three-piece set
The Lakeland, Imperia and Marcato machines featured here are all hand-crank models that rely on a degree of energy, however minimal, to turn the handle and encourage the dough through the rollers. But here is another, even lazier, option for you to consider.
These brilliant KitchenAid attachments fix into the head of a KitchenAid mixer so when it is turned on, they automatically draw the dough through themselves. The set of three cutters make flat-sheet pasta, linguine and tagliatelle.
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Kenwood pasta roller attachment
Kenwood's pasta rolling attachment fits all Chef and Major Kenwood machines and makes fresh pasta in just minutes.
The heavy duty stainless steel body makes it perfect for large quantities alongside the nine easy-to-adjust thickness settings to make tagliatelle, trenette, tagliolini and spaghetti.
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