If you want thick noodles, use the larger fettuccine roller. If you want very thin noodles, use the angel hair roller. Use the Spaghetti Cutter attachment to cut pasta sheets into classic spaghetti noodles. Easily roll 6-inch sheets of fresh pasta, with 8 thickness settings, to achieve your desired sheet thickness.
If you own a KitchenAid Mixer and want to venture into the world of homemade pasta making you will love my Recipe. Homemade pasta takes a little over an hour to make about a pound and a half of delicious fresh noodles. When I make pasta, I typically run the sheets through the 1 setting, then switch it to 3, then switch it to 5. You cannot start rolling your pasta on a large number right off the bat, or it will rip and tear.
And since the scale is removable, you can use it for wet ingredients, too. People love this KitchenAid attachment for its consistent and smooth cuts, and are pleased with how sturdy it is. The only real downside that we uncovered with this electric pasta machine is that cleaning can be tedious. To avoid rusting, you’ll want to follow the manufacturer’s instructions by using the included brush to loosen and brush away the dough once it’s firmed up a bit. I spent a lot of time perfecting my pasta recipe over the last couple of years.
For tortellini, thin fettuccine, and thin linguine you can roll the pasta dough to settings “6 or 7”. Once you have 2 to 3 thin sheets of pasta, remove the Pasta Sheet Roller and add the Spaghetti attachment (or fettuccine attachment) to the stand mixer. Place the mixer on kitchenaid chopper Speed 2 and carefully begin to feed the sheet of pasta through the attachment. To make homemade lasagna noodles you will follow the process above but stop at the number 4 setting when you roll out the pasta sheets. Remove the flat beater and replace it with the dough hook.
If all this has you dreaming of tomato sauce, well, we know a good recipe. The Antree pasta maker attachment is the best pasta attachment for KitchenAid mixers, except the K45SS, kitchenaid artisan which is KitchenAid’s Classic Series 4.5-liter model. This is another pasta maker attachment that has eight different thickness options and includes a cleaning brush.