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Default Pasta dough in the KitchenAid?

TammyM wrote:
>> Yes, you want the pasta accessories!
>>
>> I wouldn't make homemade without them. They take on all the grungework!
>>
>> Just use small golf ball sized pieces of dough to run through the pasta
>> attachment before using the cutters. Using larger amounts can extend MANY
>> feet long and be unwieldly.
>>
>> I have the main roller attachment and the spaghetti, linguinni and
>> fettuccine cutters.
>>
>> It's such fun!!! I run a string across kitchen cabinets and use plastic
>> coat hangers in stages, to let the sheets of pasta hang as I roll the
>> entire batch and again after I cut the pasta with the needed cutter. Then
>> I take a pair of kitchen scissors and one coat hanger at a time, over
>> boiling water I trim the pasta in half and it falls into the pot.
>>
>> It really is fun!!! Having someone else around also adds to the laughs
>> and wonder!

>
> I'll add a "me too" to this one. I use the KA for the pasta dough, works
> fine. Making fresh pasta for company has a major wow factor - at least for
> my friends. You'll really enjoy using the attachments. I don't have the
> extruder, although am considering getting it.
>
> TammyM
>
>


I have read so many bad reviews of the extruder that I am going to definitely
skip that and stick to the rollers. I used to have a pasta machine that mixed
and extruded for me but I think I sold it at a garage sale for not using it
enough. now I kind of miss it.

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