the difficulties I had dealing with my broken down manual pasta roller. It's screwed up one too many dishes and I finally tossed it. And I've replaced it with this shiny new Kitchen Aid attachment motorized pasta roller!Using it is a
completely different experience than the frustration of that old machine. The pasta goes in one end and comes out the other end flatter. And that's it; no drama involved. The only problem I encountered was, because I didn't need any flour to keep the dough from sticking to the rollers, I forgot that I needed it to keep the dough from sticking to itself. The net 
of noodles in the picture is one solid object.I tore it into reasonably-sized pieces, made do and learned a lesson for next time. For
the record, I sautéed up some broccoli raab (not brocollini as I mistakened identified it in the risotto post) and shrimp in butter and olive oil with plenty of garlic, red pepper flakes, fresh oregano and parsley for the pasta sauce. Finished with a squeeze of lemon it wasn't bad despite the uneven cooking of the wads of noodle.Like all Kitchen Aid attachments, the price is ludicrous, but if you're serious about making pasta and maybe if you've got one of those 20% off Bed Bath and Beyond coupons, it's worth the investment.
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We got one of those too & really need to use it more often
It really lowers the bar for fresh pasta. Now there's really no reason not to have it as often as you'd like. Then again, because it's so easy, there's no blog-fodder in it either.
Do you have the ravioli cutter attachment? I'm curious how/if that works.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!
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