Essie
Senior Cook
I have been making ravioli lately and wonder if any of you have the Kitchen Aid ravioli maker attachment. If so, do you like it? I don't want to spend all that money, if it's not worth it.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Michael in FtW said:Essie - I've looked at it on the KitchenAid website and then after reading the manual I've decided it probably isn't worth it for me. Ironically - your KA stand mixer is just used to hold it - it apparently doesn't do anything else - to make it work you have to crank it by hand!
There are cheaper alternatives like the ravioli rolling pins and the hand cutters and press/molds for under $25 if you want to add a bit of "automation" and not do it totally by hand. The links I have posted here are from a company in Canada that seems to have the best prices and selection of pasta making tools - but you can find most of the same things generally for sale at US sites.
Corey - one eBay site carries it for $100, it's $125 from the KitchenAid site, and $129-$130 everywhere else I've found it.
Corey123 said:Did you also try Cooking.com? Chef's Catalog? Whirlpool?
Yep - at about $30 the SNPA "Pasta Maker Plates", which has absolutely nothing to do with the Ravioli Maker, is much cheaper. It's a 5-piece set of plastic extrusion plates that works in conjunction with the food grinder (FGA). And, what they call the lasagna noodle die - it's not - it's more of a pappardelle noodle.Corey123 said:K'Aid also has one that works in conjunction with the food grinder. I think that one is much cheaper. .... etc ....
Don't know - since Essie was asking about the KA Ravioli Maker I didn't bother researching possibly available parts for old Cuisinart products.Corey123 said:Also, Cuisinart makes one that sits right on top of their DLC series of food processors, if you have one of their older machines such as the DLC-7Pro (I own this one), or DLC -7 Super Pro.
Yep - and they have a wide varity of noodle cutter attachments for pretty cheap, electric motors, etc ... that's why I posted a link to the best site I've found for the widest selection in the previos post. If I had it to do over again - I would go with one of these instead of the KA Pasta Roller Set (KPRA)attachment set I got - I could have gotten more for less $$$.Corey123 said:Then there the hand-operated maching that clamps to the edge of your table which you hand crank the rollers.
It seems that most of what you are talking about are pasta extruders - not pasta rollers, cutters, or ravioli makers. These are all discussed in the book, The Pasta Gourmet by Sunny Baker and Michelle Sbraga.Corey123 said:There are also numerous self-contained electric mahines like Ronco, Simac, Lello and others ...