V177 AL DENTE Pasta Machine
Looking to impress that special someone in your life? What better way than with homemade pasta. Villaware, a tradition of classic Italian kitchenware since 1906, provides the tools that make it easy. The Al Dente pasta machine, made of heavyweight chrome steel, is great for rolling dough and has a double-sided, 6-inch-wide blade for cutting spaghetti or fettuccine. The steel rollers are adjustable for kneading and there are seven thickness settings to accommodate individual preferences. Its manually controlled crank offers exceptional control, and a removable cutter head makes cleanup simple, while measuring only 6 inches wide–so you won’t have to give up much counter space. The only drawback is that after tasting fresh, homemade pasta, it’s hard to go back to the packaged kind.
This easy-to-use pasta machine provides a great way to enjoy pasta just like they do in Italy. So pour that glass of red wine, toss a green salad, take the garlic bread out of the oven, and be ready to wow family and friends with a favorite pasta dish. Optional accessories are available for making angel hair, trenette, spaghetti, lasagnette, lasagna, and ravioli. Villaware makes it possible for anyone to make pasta that looks and tastes like it was made by the pros. Directions and a recipe book are also included to help you get started. This pasta machine carries a one-year warranty. –Catie Unger
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars Not Happy!
I recieved this product tossed in a large box with out any type of bubble protection. It was so dented from being loose in the box I couldn’t even give it to the person I bought it for. I’ve emailed Amazon.com but they haven’t even replied. Guess it’s not important to them.
5 Stars i’m lov’ it!
amazing machine. i like it so much.
after put a dough into the machine and clean the machine for about 10 minutes, i spent another 15 minutes to make my pasta.
when i start eating the pasta made by this machine, omg! it’s so delicious. way much better than those dried one.
in addition, i do not need to wait 8 minutes. in just 2 minutes, my pasta is fully cooked!
i will never ever buy packed dry pasta.
5 Stars Cleans up like a breeze and is MUCH easier than making pasta by hand
When I purchased this pasta maker I had little previous pasta making experience. I had made pasta once before by hand but had a hard time getting a uniformly thin thickness. With this pastamaker this was an issue no more. I was able to get beautiful thin uniform pasta. It made it much easier to get the texture I was looking for and now I use the finished pasta sheets to make fettucine as well as ravioli.
Another thing I have appreciated about this machine is that it works with many different types of dough. I have made doughs with whole wheat flour, without eggs, with pumpkin, and many other variations. While the textures on each have all been a little different they all rolled out beautifully with this machine. I had no problems with sticking or tearing.
I also appreciate that this machine is very easy to clean. Because my dough has never gotten stuck all I have had to do is lightly clean the exterior with soap and water and use a small pastry brush to get into the nooks and crannies. This has worked very well and years later this machine is very clean.
Normally I am the type of person to shell out lots of money for a high end kitchen gadget, but in this case there was no need. Even at this affordable price it turns out pasta equal in texture and quality to what I have had in high end restaurants. Highly recommended.
4 Stars Good
This was a gift, but was informed that they really liked it and worked well.
4 Stars No regrets
I tried to roll out pasta by hand the first time – I figured, Italian grandmothers do it all the time without one of these machines, so how hard could it be? It’s pretty hard.
The Al Dente V177 makes it so easy to make fresh, homemade pasta. Very easy to roll the sheets thin. Most recipes call for going down to setting 2, but I have to stop at 3 so it doesn’t start sticking to the rollers. My only criticism is that it doesn’t hold the counter or cutting block well. In that I mean it holds firmly, but the base is somewhat narrow and the clamp only has 1 point of contact. So I have to have 1 person hold the cutting block down while I crank the machine. I haven’t seen another machine do anything better; I might just have to engineer something up.
Otherwise, I highly recommend this machine. It’s well-built, easy to setup and use, and an easy to way to involve and to show off a bit in front of non-culinary friends (which will also give you the extra hands you need to use the unit).
PS – Two tips to make great pasta: 1) Sift your flour. It might take a few extra minutes, but it will give you a wonderfully soft dough. 2) Let your dough rest in the fridge for 45 minutes to an hour to “relax” the glutens and make the dough easier to work with.
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