Pasta Starter Set

If you are new to making homemade pasta, but are looking to make delicious dishes right away, then this is the set for you. Featuring a premium pasta machine paired with a first-class cookbook, you will be hard-pressed to find a better duo than this. And if you are a veteran pasta maker, do not worry; this set is the perfect way to level up all of your pasta dishes. This set includes: The Ultimate Pasta Machine Cookbook In The Ultimate Pasta Machine Cookbook, author Lucy Vaserfirer shows you how easy it is to use a sheeter, extruder, and cavatelli maker of any type, manual or electric, to create tasty pastas that will please everyone from grown-up gourmands to picky kids who want pasta at nearly every meal. Whether you are a first-time owner of a pasta maker or a seasoned pro looking for exciting new ideas, this book has more than 100 splendid recipes, plus loads of clever tips and tricks that will make you love your pasta machine and use it often. Inside these pages, Lucy shares terrific purees that you can make, using a blender or a mixing bowl, that you then can turn into all sorts of flavored pastas, from the familiar tomato or spinach pastas to noodles flavored with herbs like basil or chives, spices like pepper or saffron, and other flavors, such as beet, sweet potato, corn, and even, surprisingly enough, chocolate. She teaches you how to make every kind of pasta shape with your pasta machine, including ones you can't find in stores. She includes durum and semolina pastas, the most common kinds, buckwheat, and ancient-grain pastas. She even shows how to make Asian noodles, such as udon, soba, and ramen, with your pasta machine. There are recipes, too, for fillings for ravioli, tortellini, and other stuffed pastas, as well as a feast of sauces for finished pasta dishes. Traditional Pasta Machine The Traditional Pasta Maker Machine rolls and cuts traditional homemade pasta with consistent results in as little as 20 minutes. Its roller adjusts to 9 uniform thicknesses (from a paper-thin 0.5 to 3-millimeters) with the turn of a dial. Easily roll sheets of pasta dough for ravioli or handcut shapes, or slide on the double pasta cutter attachment for perfect spaghetti and fettuccine noodles. The extra-wide clamp holds the pasta machine securely to work surfaces between 1 to 2.375-inches thick, while the wooden handle offers a comfortable grip during use. Make pasta to cook immediately or ahead of time for future use. Made from European-grade chrome-plated steel and wood, includes the pasta machine with built-in sheeter, double-cutter attachment, clamp, handle, instructions, and Fante's family recipes. It easily brushes clean after each use.