Pasta Maker Philips HR2660/00 200 W

I have a ton of gadgets and gizmos in my kitchen. By far this is the most useful and used appliance I have ever bought. I love it.Watch all the YouTube videos and learn from others regarding making pasta. A few things I learned are;1) Weigh your ingredients in grams - the provided plastic cup is not good to use as eggs, water, flour are not the same density or 'line' as described in the instructions,2) Add a little salt and splash of extra virgin olive oil to your wet Ingredients,2) After the dough is kneaded, let it sit for 20 min before proceeding to the extraction process - this helps prevent choppy/dry noodles from being extracted,3) If making egg noodles, use two full eggs and one extra yolk,4) I've been very successful with 200g of AP flour and ... MoreI have a ton of gadgets and gizmos in my kitchen. By far this is the most useful and used appliance I have ever bought. I love it.Watch all the YouTube videos and learn from others regarding making pasta. A few things I learned are;1) Weigh your ingredients in grams - the provided plastic cup is not good to use as eggs, water, flour are not the same density or 'line' as described in the instructions,2) Add a little salt and splash of extra virgin olive oil to your wet Ingredients,2) After the dough is kneaded, let it sit for 20 min before proceeding to the extraction process - this helps prevent choppy/dry noodles from being extracted,3) If making egg noodles, use two full eggs and one extra yolk,4) I've been very successful with 200g of AP flour and 100g of semolina flour (300g total). Then add 185g of egg/water,5) for long noodles, cradle the pasta as it's extracted so it doesn't stretch or break during extrusion.

I got this as a Christmas gift from my son, we share a love of cooking. The machine is well made and produces excellent pasta and noodles. I have made ramen and spaghetti so far. My only criticism is the recipes, I have found better recipes on Pinterest especially when it comes to Asian noodles. I made my second batch of spaghetti using a predominantly semolina flour with bread flour and gluten was vastly different from the Phillips basic recipe. The texture chew and flavour of the semolina recipe was 5 star restaurant quality. The machine is easy to use but I prefer to weigh my ingredients and use a measuring cup to add the liquid the cup provided needs a spout to prevent spilling the egg and water all over the top. You also should watch the extrusion speed if too ... MoreI got this as a Christmas gift from my son, we share a love of cooking. The machine is well made and produces excellent pasta and noodles. I have made ramen and spaghetti so far. My only criticism is the recipes, I have found better recipes on Pinterest especially when it comes to Asian noodles. I made my second batch of spaghetti using a predominantly semolina flour with bread flour and gluten was vastly different from the Phillips basic recipe. The texture chew and flavour of the semolina recipe was 5 star restaurant quality. The machine is easy to use but I prefer to weigh my ingredients and use a measuring cup to add the liquid the cup provided needs a spout to prevent spilling the egg and water all over the top. You also should watch the extrusion speed if too slow add tiny bits of water until it speeds up. The humidity of your location affects the mixture. I wait until the leftover flour dries in the machine easy cleanup with the brush and a little water don't put in the dishwasher not necessary at all. Enjoy we'll worth buying and fun. Ten min or so fresh pasta or noodles what's not to like!

Wow. We just made Angle hair pasta with our new pasta maker. How simple. Just measured the flour and put in maker, turned on and added the liquid measure. It was that simple. We watched in amazement with the crumbly dough going around and thought it could not possibly work, thinking it too dry. We read the caution to not add water and stuck to the instructions. Within minutes, we were watching pasta being extruded from the maker. That's all there was to it. Simple and quick. I had been concerned about cleanup, but had read it was not a problem if you did it right away. I did it as soon as the noodles were done and it was a breeze. We had done quite a bit of research before making the purchase and it did everything promised. We love it. We had made pasta historically ... MoreWow. We just made Angle hair pasta with our new pasta maker. How simple. Just measured the flour and put in maker, turned on and added the liquid measure. It was that simple. We watched in amazement with the crumbly dough going around and thought it could not possibly work, thinking it too dry. We read the caution to not add water and stuck to the instructions. Within minutes, we were watching pasta being extruded from the maker. That's all there was to it. Simple and quick. I had been concerned about cleanup, but had read it was not a problem if you did it right away. I did it as soon as the noodles were done and it was a breeze. We had done quite a bit of research before making the purchase and it did everything promised. We love it. We had made pasta historically using an attachment for the KitchenAid mixer. But this is so simple. We had forgotten how quickly fresh pasta cooks and good it tastes. Great design.