Make a basic pasta dough
- Can use the recipe included with your pasta maker
- Work portions of dough through the roller of a manual or electric machine so that it becomes progressively thinner
- The fine pasta sheets can be used for ravioli or lasagna, or they can be sent through cutter attachments to make linguini or fettuccine
Diane favors the KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers
- $129.99 retail
- The three-piece stainless steel set includes a pasta roller, fettuccine cutter, and linguine fine cutter
- Made in Italy
- Fits all KitchenAid stand mixers and includes wooden cleaning utensils
- “Because it’s so heavy and not rickety like some pasta makers, I’ve found it works like a charm for running dough through it,” she says
What else you need
- Use a pasta cutter for cutting the ravioli shapes while also sealing the edges
- Or use a ravioli tray, a stainless-steel or cast-aluminum mold with depressions; in it you lay the first sheet of fresh pasta, add filling to the indentations, then top with another pasta sheet before running a rolling or ravioli pin across the top to seal. Note: A tray doesn’t allow you to have variations in size; ravioli cutters do
- A pasta rack is ideal for letting long, thin strands of pasta drape and dry before preparing
