Cavatelli Maker Machine w Easy to Clean Rollers - Makes Authentic Gnocchi, Pasta Seashells and More - Recipes Included, Homemade Pasta Maker Set is Great for Homemade Italian Cooking or Kitchen Gift

The media could not be loaded. Where has this been all my life?? I LOVE this Cavatelli Maker. I have used it just about every week since I got it. I have, in the past, made Cavatelli by hand and it is a slow labor of love. Some would be too thick, some would be too thin, and so they cooked unevenly. THIS baby makes it so much easier!The machine comes with a small instruction and recipe book that really helps. It is SO easy to use - just clamp it down and start rolling. It is important to get the dough texture and consistency right (as it would be with any pasta making, either by machine or manually). Once you master that, everything else is a cakewalk.The machine is sturdy and well made. The clamp works perfectly and keeps the machine stable while I am cranking away. The crank part turns with ease.It is important to only clean it with a brush (not included but a cheap paint brush will work). Do not immerse it in water. I do use a barely damp paper towel to wipe off the paddles, especially when I am making multiple batches. A bit of the pasta dough can dry and stick to the paddles.I have made up to 3 pounds of Cavatelli at a time with ease. Next weekend we will be making enough to freeze (10 or more batches depending on how many I can manage hand knead).Seriously I love this machine. I want to send one to all of my adult nieces to carry on the homemade pasta tradition!

We love to make cavitelli and bought a second one for another home. Can’t be without it. We have made it many many times so we have gotten to know the right consistency of the dough. One very good suggestion we got from a very experienced cavitelli maker is - DO NOT WASH MACHINE AFTER. Let it air dry - then use a long toothpick or a long wooden pick to get dried dough out. Everyone loves our homemade cavitelli and we make around 4-5 lbs at a time. We lay it out on flat pans to dry, then after 20 minutes or so- put a bunch in a plastic baggie and freeze flatly or if you can - put the just made pasta on the drying pan first for 20 minutes, then put that pan into freezer for 15 minutes- then into a baggie and then freeze.If you don’t do this- they stick together and you have a mess

Cavatelli maker arrived today. The fit and finish, which is generally good, is about as I expected based upon the reviews that I had read. I do find that the nut that holds the handle seems to work itself loose. I may add a washer to the assembly as another reviewer suggested.I wanted to run some throw-away dough through the machine in order to eliminate any possible manufacturing residue, so I mixed some semolina flour with water to make a quite stiff dough. I then rolled it out to about a quarter inch thickness and cut three-quarter inch strips to put through the machine. Based on other reviews, my primary concern was that the dough was neither too soft nor too sticky. I found, however, that the dough was too stiff, and instead of being shaped correctly, the machine simply cut the strips into rectangles, but did not roll the pieces of dough, or put the ridges on them. I kneaded a little water into the dough so it would be slightly softer but not sticky. The results were much better, and only produced a few "blanks." It is obvious that this machine will be much quicker and easier than using my old gnocchi board. The success will depend on the texture of the dough. Overall, I am pleased with the product and look forward to trying it with my regular cavatelli recipe.UPDATE:I made cavatelli using my regular recipe today (1 pound ricotta, 3 eggs, pinch of salt and about 4 cups of tipo 00 flour, mix, knead well and let rest covered for 30 minutes). I found that I had to flour the strips of dough pretty liberally to keep them from sticking, but the machine worked well. I actually ended up doubling the recipe and making an enormous quantity of cavatelli in a relatively short period of time. My friends had a blast helping, and the end result was fabulous. I would give this product five stars if the nut that holds on the handle didn't work loose, and if it was a bit easier to clean. Overall, though, it is a good product and I would recommend it to anyone who makes cavatelli on a regular basis, or wants to make large quantities at one time.

Sorry, I don't have any images, but I am super happy with this little affordable pasta machine!!! Still haven't come to love my Kitchen Aide extruder. I just did a simple 2 parts of superfine semolina flour to 1 part of hot water, combined and let it set. Rolled the dough out, it needs to be drier than for a conventional roller. Cut it into strips and fed it through. I did flour them a bit like the videos I have seen and it was super fast. Dried them overnight and they are heading for the freezer. For the money, and if you have ever made them by hand, this is Groovy!! Can't wait to try it with a gnocchi dough!

I bought a Cavatelli Maker from Cucina Pro for Christmas.I first got to use it in the middle of February...didn't work at all...the handle wouldnt even turn!!When I contacted the company, they used the old, "Oh we're sorry, but we have a 30 day return policy."Don't you just love it...we'll get away with selling defective products by having an extremely short return policy so we don't have to stand behind them!!!Watch out for Cucina Pro products!!