Pasta Makers?

[sayccrn]

Hello everyone. I am new here. Just found out today that I am WAY positive for Celiac. Makes sense to me taking in to account all my symptoms since a small child. My mom (her too recently diagnosed) gave me the link to this site and I was wondering. Of course my favorite foods are breads and pasta, and I am ITALIAN! I see the wonderful kitchen aid mixer with the pasta attachments. Has anyone ever tried this with gluten free recipes? I don't want/need to spend the money on it if it doesn't work with the consistency of the gluten free noodles. Any advice would be greatly appreciate. Hey! At least I can still have CHEESE! My second fav!

Thanks a bunch!

sally

[halfrunner]

I have made gluten free noodles by hand (I'm italian too), but I've never run them through my hand crank pasta cutter. I don't think the dough I tried would make it through the attachments, but it rolls out by hand much easier than regular pasta dough does.

The mixer would be invaluable as it has the power to handle any gluten free bread, cookie, cake dough, etc. that you can throw at it. Buy the mixer anyway.

[GlutenFreeManna]

I have one of those old-fashioned hand crank pasta makers. I have not used it to try to make gluten free pasta (and won't because it was previously used to make gluten pasta), but based on my limited experience with gluten free doughs I don't think it would work well. I may be wrong because I haven't tried making pasta, but every gluten free dough I have made does not require kneading. Gluten is what makes the dough bounce back when you try to roll it flat. Gluten is the reason that you need to put regular pasta through the rollers, sometimes twice. Gluten free dough doesn't spring back and it's not elastic. Gluten free dough is brittle, crumbly or liquidy instead. So I don't know for sure, but I don't think you would want to put it through a pasta maker.

[sayccrn]

I have one of those old-fashioned hand crank pasta makers. I have not used it to try to make gluten free pasta (and won't because it was previously used to make gluten pasta), but based on my limited experience with gluten free doughs I don't think it would work well. I may be wrong because I haven't tried making pasta, but every gluten free dough I have made does not require kneading. Gluten is what makes the dough bounce back when you try to roll it flat. Gluten is the reason that you need to put regular pasta through the rollers, sometimes twice. Gluten free dough doesn't spring back and it's not elastic. Gluten free dough is brittle, crumbly or liquidy instead. So I don't know for sure, but I don't think you would want to put it through a pasta maker.

Thank you guys! I appreciate it. Now, if I cannot use the noodle maker then, can anyone share just how to make my own or lead me to the link? Noodles are a necessity it my house and I will make them if I knew how!

[GlutenFreeManna]

I can't help with a noodle recipe, but here's a ravioli recipe to get you started: Open Original Shared Link

[sayccrn]

I can't help with a noodle recipe, but here's a ravioli recipe to get you started: Open Original Shared Link

MMMM! Actually, ravioli are my favorite pasta! So thanks so much. It sounds delicious!