Features:

  • Marcato’s Original World-Famous Atlas Pasta Machine rolls and cuts pasta dough for making traditional lasagne, fettuccine, and tagliolini at home
  • Made in Italy; includes pasta machine, pasta cutter, hand crank, clamp, complete instructions and 10-year manufacturer’s warranty; California Prop 65 Warning
  • Easily make 3 pasta shapes; equipped to easily attach a pasta drive motor or any of 12 pasta cutting accessories (sold separately)
  • Roll dough up to 150-millimeters wide with 10 thicknesses (0.6 to 4.8-Millimeter); rolled dough ensures a more consistent texture, cook time and taste
  • Called the Ferrari of the pasta machine world by Cook's illustrated; wipe with a Dry brush or cloth; Available exclusively from HIC Harold Import Co
Well made, easy to clean and works great

Looking at pasta makers, I was deciding between an automatic pasta maker and a manual model. I couldn't be happier with this unit. It is extremely well made, a breeze to clean and it makes amazing pasta. We've already made linguini, thick noodles, spaghetti and lasagna pasta with it and all came out looking and tasting wonderful. The process is actually a lot of fun, but having two people involved definitely helps. I do have a few suggestions: (1) Find a recipe you like and follow it to the letter. The water/flour/egg balance is critical. (2) Use semolina flour or half semolina and half regular flour. (3) Be patient mixing and kneading, gor several minutes you will think it looks like a messy disaster, but work with it and it will come out fine.

This thing is GREAT!

I am a hobbyist cooker. I won't go so far to say that I am a chef but I know my way around the kitchen, grill and smoker. I figured it's a good of a hobby as any! At any rate, I decided to start making pasta so I can to Amazon to buy some goodies (this place is evil for someone with delusions of grandeur, lol). I ordered a few items but can only review on what I've used so far. This little gem is very well made, feels well worth the money, especially since I got a $10.00 coupon! If you're on the fence, hop off and get yourself one of these. If I can make pasta, so can you! For lunch today, I made mushroom stuffed Ravioli and Tagliatelle, WAY better than store bought!

Was just about to take this to Goodwill when...

First a sellers note: They sent me this broken. The ring bearing on the fettuccine roller was detached and clanging inside the machine. I didn't know that when I first used the machine, when I tried to roll pasta through the fettuccine part of the machine and it didn't roll, I just thought I didn't know how to use the machine well enough. Fortunately, I was able to unscrew the machine, get to that part, and fix it. After my first use of this machine I was ready to give it away and buy an attachment for my Kitchen aid. It was my first time ever making homemade pasta so I had zero experience with pasta dough, or this pasta maker. The whole experience was daunting. Rolling the pasta dough was awkward, and the noodles I did get out were sticking together and not at all beautiful. Recently I started researching attachments and gadgets to replace the Atlas. I read so many reviews and a lot of them gave suggestions about the pasta dough. I decided to give my Atlas one more try. This time I focused on the dough. I weighed the ingredients (10oz flour, eggs-2 whole eggs weighing 4.0 oz and 4 yolks 2.5 oz) to make sure I was precise, and this time rather than add water because the dough appeared dry, I kneaded the dough by hand until all the ingredients came together. Trust me on this: My dough seemed to be way too dry. But I kneaded through my doubts without adding anymore water and the dough came together perfectly. After letting the dough rest for about an hour, the dough was smooth perfection! I couldn't believe it! I set up the Atlas this time I anchored it to my counter top (I didn't do that the first time), and then began rolling the dough 3 times on each setting starting with 0 and ending with 6! The rolled sheets were a thing of beauty! I couldn't believe how different the entire experience was. Rolling was daunting the first time I tried it on this machine, but with the right dough, it was easy and effortless. In fact, I remember thinking the first time I used the Atlas that I needed three hands to even make rolling pasta comfortable. But this time, it was so easy and smooth, I rolled and passed the rolled sheets through the fettuccine and spaghetti rollers in less than 30 minutes. Two hands were more than enough. The pasta turned out beautiful and delicious! I'm still going to buy the 3 piece Kitchen aid roller attachments, but only because I think it will speed up the process. But truth be told, if time were not a commodity in my home, the Atlas is really all I would need. If you start with a good dough, the machine really does all the rest. Clean up is easy with a perfect dough nothing sticks to the machine. I love this machine, I've used it 3 times this week alone! In fact a friend of mine came over for dinner last night and after having the pasta that I hand rolled on this machine she begged me to host a pasta making party with her, her 4yr old daughter, and my 4yr old, so I am. I have no doubt that our girls will be able to roll the dough on this machine.

This Is Your Cadillac Remedy When You Can't Find It On The Grocer's Shelf Or If It's Too Expensive.

I purchased this pasta machine simply because I am Type II diabetic. Unbleached flour products such as wheat bread and pasta are better because they are unbleached and break down slower than white flour. Finding unbleached wheat pasta products are sometimes hard to find or more expensive for whatever reason, organic or otherwise. The instruction manual comes in a wide variety of languages with the recipe amounts in grams. Simply looking for conversions and recipes on-line alleviates this issue. I had read this machine is considered to be the Cadillac of pasta machines and for me it is. I've had none of the problems I've seen others report with their reviews. The motion is smooth and quiet. The rollers close evenly for an equal flatness of the dough. I did not purchase a model with the electric motor. Hand cranking is fine for me. I use a 2" wide, 12" ruler for a lasagna noodle template and cut them with a pizza cutter. Works like a champ in making spinach and other vegetable pasta's. Just flour dust up the rollers & pasta a little.

Ravioli Attachment

Excellent Ravioli Maker! I already own a ravioli tray press, but this machine is WAY better! The learning curve was a little steep, but patience won out. I failed twice, but learned once. It turned out that my sheets were too thick and too dry. I learned: 1. The dough should rest for at least 30 minutes at room temperature before working. 2. Final roller setting should be thin. For ravioli I stop at #7, but it depends on your flour, and whether you are using water or egg base. I use egg base. 3. The sheet should be JUST dry enough not to stick to the rollers. Too dry and it will burst out when filling. The sheet needs to be able to "stretch" as it goes through the filling rollers. To check for stretchy, I developed the "knuckle test". Lay the rolled sheet over the back of your fist. If the sheet forms itself nicely over your knuckles, it's soft enough to run through the filler. 4. Dust the "ROLLER SIDE ONLY" of the sheet as you fill. If you dust the filling side, the sheet can't grab the filling material, and you end up with unfilled crimped pasta. 5. Don't use lumpy or dry filling. The closer the filling is to a purée, the better it will fill. And yes, the plastic rollers and the filler fence can be wet washed, but DO NOT SUBMERSE the metal housing! The drive mechanism could rust, killing the unit. Overall, a great unit! It just takes a little time to figure it out. But then again, isn't that the best part of why we make home made pasta? Besides, what Deli offers fresh made Crabmeat filled Ravioli?

I highly recommend this attachment for making consistently round spaghetti

This worked fantastically once I got past the learning curve. I have seen reviews that have mentioned this attachment not making round spaghetti noodles but a thin flat noodle instead. I originally had the same problem but quickly figured out that I had rolled my pasta sheets too thin. After some trial & error I found that rolling the pasta sheets to a #3 on my Atlas 150 prior to running it through the spaghetti attachment made wonderful round spaghetti noodles!

We may have to have an intervention of some kind to get this poor, worn

I purchased this item as a Christmas present for my Sweetie-pie. She loves the thing. I have ate so much ravioli in the past 4 weeks that it has reached the point I am considering going into hiding. She is cranking out ravioli at all hours, well into the night. We may have to have an intervention of some kind to get this poor, worn-out woman some rest. The ravioli attachment is outstanding in every way. We have a freezer full, and so do our neighbors, of ravioli this maker churned out.

Quality. Period.

This is QUALITY. Don’t order ANY other matchine. We made 6 different types of ravioli our first night with the Bellemain Large Ravioli Maker that we also purchased. Then we cut Tag and Fett noodles with the scraps that were left over. ZERO clean up issues. Just wipe clean with a towel. Used 3 cups flower and 4 eggs and 1 T oil for our dough. Start at Zero and run it all through a couple times on each setting and keep folding it over and cut when too long. Work as a team for best results. Try not to drink too much wine or you will lose your focus! :-). So happy that I bought the best right out of the gate. Lots of research paid off!

Perfect so far

Perfect so far. Very sturdy, and attaches well to our marble counter that has some overhang. Great alternative if you don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on a stand mixer. Love making fresh pasta. Keep in mind that this only comes with a few pasta variety attachments. Check to make sure you are ok with spending more money on attachments if you want other kinds of pasta. You can also always cut the pasta by hand and just use this to roll the dough out. Remember not to clean this with water.

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