Marcato Atlas Pasta Machine, Made in Italy, Black, Includes Pasta Cutter, Hand Crank, and Instructions

I love it so far! It is a nice looking machine, totally quality WITH NO PLASTIC!! It was perfect in it's color and manufacture and is heavy so seems very quality. I've used it twice: Once to make crackers (this is a marvelous way to use pasta machines, as your crackers can be rolled perfectly - even thickness, and as thin as you want w/out using a roller and being totally frustrated trying to get thin crackers) and once to make egg noodles. It worked well both times (remember to keep your dough dusted with flour), easy to clean up (just brushed it out) and the best part: it didn't break down after the 2nd use as my first cheaper pasta maker did. Making crackers and homemade pasta are now easy and fun.

love this machine. purchased a cheap one a year or so ago from some vendor on eBay. the first time i tried to use it, i threw it to the floor and gave it a good blunt kick. it went in the trash. please be advised, though, that particular unit was a very cheap knock off. so i bought one from bedbath and it was okay, but for the price it just wasnt reasonable. came across the atlas and it went on sale here, so i ordered it. got the red one. that was a month ago. what ive found is this: dont be intimidated. you will find that the pasta is pretty forgiving. so long as the dough is firm enough when you roll it and cut it that it will cut. if you run your sheets through the blades to cut your pasta and it all sticks together, it is too soft. you either add it all back together, add more flour and knead it again, or simply let the sheets hang and dry for 40 minutes and then run them through the cutters. like i posted above, it is pretty forgiving. my last batch, i boiled some spinach in a cup of water over the stove burner, mulched it with the blender, let it cool, added a teaspoon of salt and then added bread flour until a nice dough formed. rested it for twenty minutes in a ziplock sammich bag. then rolled out spinach spaghetti. it was very easy, no real measuring, and i didnt even add eggs. also, i doled out size 7 sheets. next time i will dial it to a 5 for thicker strands. play some trial and error and have fun doing it. experiment with the types of dough you like. different flours, spinach or carrot (steam and then mulch in water with garlic in the blender works very well), eggs or no eggs, salt or more salt. it's fun to experiment. also, most website recipes call for semolina flour for authentic italian homemade pasta. the word on the forums is: wheat durum semolina flour is what is used in italian factories, but in the small shops regular flour is all that is ever really needed. just a hint on that. if all you have is all purpose flour, that will work just fine. it wipes down well so clean up is effortless. havent had any problem with dough sticking to the machine blades, but the bottom has a set of three plastic brackets that can be removed so that a brush can be used to scrape away dry bits. another word from the internet forums is vaseline oil, what here in america is called mineral oil, if you ever need to lub it at all. that said, i havent had any problems with any discoloration of my pasta. the booklet comes with instructions on how to use it as well as a few basic recipes. this does make for some very thin spaghetti noodles if you dial your pasta sheets all the way to a 9. like ramen noodle. dialed to a 7 is a little thicker than vermecilli. i think i will go up to about a 5 from now on to have it more like languini, which is a pretty perfect noodle for most dishes. the point is that you can experiment to find what is best for you. this is a pretty versatile machine, it is a little workhorse. i'm uploading a couple of pictures, there are already so many uploaded. but this was a batch that i used one egg and parsley garlic and roasted red bell peppers and bread flour with a teaspoon of salt. rather basic recipe that came out pretty perfect and it was fun and very easy to eat. happy rolling.

Bought this after much research and I'm glad I did. This pasta maker is sturdy, durable and looks great. It fits easily on an island or kitchen counter and once you learn how to use it, is easy to operate. An added bonus is they sell some of the parts septate if you ever need to replace one.

Great quality. Works well. Little pieces of pasta do sometimes get stuck in the grooves, but flour helps. I also find it is easier to brush them off after they have dried. It sure beats cutting pasta by hand, and if kept in a dry clean environment looks like it will last a very long time.

This manual pasta maker is absolutely well-constructed. It’s elegant, cleans easily, and is truly one of those items that does one thing very very well. It’s pretty intuitive to roll pasta with this, but if you get stuck, there are YouTube tutorials with excellent tips and how-to’s.

The Mercato Atlas 150 is a life-affirming and life-changing kitchen appliance. There aren't too many kitchen gadgets in that category. Find a good pasta dough recipe. Watch a you-tube video or two and get to work. :) Fresh pasta opens up a world of new dinners....most without red sauce. This is my first pasta maker so I don't have others to compare it to but this unit is so good and versatile I hope I'll never need another. I was a little concerned about the cleaning...NO WATER....but don't let the dough get sticky and a simple brush will keep it clean. If you find some food bits along the edges just use your first chunk of dough to roll through to clean the unit. Ravioli attachment is difficult to use. Rest are easy, easy, easy.

It's not just for making pasta. I make wontons, potstickers, egg roll wrappers, and crackers with mine. The quality is superb. Cleanup is easy. Pasta cutter that comes with it is intelligently designed for great versatility: tagliolini is great when a thinner pasta is needed and it substitutes for angel hair and thin spaghetti; fettuccine is for thicker sauces and can substitute for tagliatelle. Of course, you can just sheet the pasta and cut it to size for things like pappardelle. Because I like lingine, I bought a linguini attachment and use it frequently for many dishes, including lo mein. I needed to use a dryer dough when using the linguine cutter, otherwise the strands stuck together. It was an easy fix and the results are exactly what I want.

The original and still the best - there's no better way to make homemade Fettuccini and Spaghetti. The aesthetics are top notch, and the whole device feels sturdy and high quality. That being said, I didn't feel quite daring enough to buy one at the onset of my pasta-making endeavors. It takes a fair bit of practice to get the dough just the right consistency - moist enough to stay together, but dry enough to run through without sticking. Since the device cannot be washed with water (a HUGE limitation to be aware of), God help you if you try and run through a pasta dough that's too wet. Sticky dough can mean death to a pasta machine, or at the very least the end of your pasta cooking until it dries enough to be scraped out of the rollers and cutters. In that regard, hand-cranked pasta machines have an advantage over motorized ones. If you feel even the slightest catch signifying that your pasta has stuck (and you'll learn to recognize and dread that unique feeling), you can immediately stop before it gums up the whole machine. The attachments are a handy bonus that are unique to the Marcato brand, and I personally own the ravioli maker (which I'll review separately, but it has promise - though I can't quite get it working perfectly with my dough recipe quite yet).

Ottimo prodotto, durevole nel tempo, di bella estetica, bellissimo il colore, funzionale, facile da usare, esegue perfettamente in suo compito. Ho questo prodotto da 3 anni, ci ho cucinato parecchia pasta, ed ancora è come nuovo. Consigliatissimo! Ottima qualità.

Perfecta ;

While it may be a little more expensive than some other brands, this is a really good quality product that feels like it will last a long time (but somewhat like a gremlin, it must never be washed with water! This doesn't matter though because it never really gets 'dirty' as such). In-case it's not clear, the product does come with both a wider tagliatelle style cutter and a narrower spaghetti sized cutter (in one), which is removable and can be replaced by other attachments if you can find where to purchase them. The rollers are smooth and the cutters slice through the dough like a knife through butter. Just looking at it you can see what they mean with the 'wellness' branding in that the metal isn't the kind to leave deposits in your food. The red casing is a little darker than it may appear on screen, not the bright red I was expecting, but the finish is still exquisite to look at and it is well built and sturdy. The clamp is strong and doesn't move at-all, in fact I kept lifting the worktop off the cupboard when rolling, should probably sort the kitchen out a bit. The basic recipe isn't particularly comprehensive if you've never made pasta, although in many ways it's much simpler and more enjoyable than I expected. You can find a hundred recipes and they'll all be slightly different, but the gist of it is the same, as long as your dough is not too dry and not too wet it will roll and cut fine. (from my limited experience one egg per 100g strong white bread flour is just right). The first time I made pasta I put 3 eggs in 400g and it was really too dry and kept getting holes when I was rolling, but it still worked out ok (albeit I had muscle ache for days afterwards), the next time worked out so much better with the extra egg and rolling was far quicker. If you ever roll the rollers backwards with a bit of pasta in there, you will probably get a bit of pasta inside between the casing and the rollers which will be a hassle to get out, but this will be the case with any roller I would think.

Made my first pasta a couple of days ago…..so satisfying to make lasagne from scratch and everyone loved it even the grandkids. Machine works well …easy to use and looks stylish. I made some spaghetti with leftover dough which I put in nests and refrigerator to try today. I used a mixer with dough hook which saved time. The instructions include recommended thickness for each pasta variety. I am going to try fettuccine next. Very happy with this purchase.

Fantástica! Estamos muy contentos con la calidad de la máquina, cuesta un poco cogerle el punto a hacer los raviolis pero una vez lo controlas todo genial