We wanted something that produced great results and was easy to use.
Marcato machines are made in Italy, and their classic model, the Marcato Atlas 150, comes in a weighty chrome steel. The Italian machine attaches to a countertop with a screw clamp, and comes with a hand crank and additional pasta cutter attachments. While it’s best to use the clamp if you can, the Marcato is heavy enough to be used without it in a pinch. Like all the machines, the hand crank detaches so you can move it between the different cutting and rolling attachments.
Pasta machines will often jam if you put them under an unreasonable amount of stress by using dough that’s too thick. But of the machines we tried, the Marcato Atlas 150 was the most capable of handling thick slabs of dough. It offers 10 different thickness settings, which are marked from 0 to 9 . The settings provide a natural progression for rolling out increasingly thin sheets of dough without jamming or clogging the machine.
The Marcato Atlas 150 came with an additional cutter attachment for fettuccine and tagliolini, which slide into place on the top of the main rolling mechanism. We tested it with both high and low hydration doughs to see how the machine handled doughs that were sticky side and doughs that were tough and firm. We found that the cutter couldn’t slice the strands all the way through at a higher hydration level, but did so without issue at a lower hydration level.
If you're looking to go beyond lasagna and long noodles, you can purchase a compatible 12-piece cutter attachment set, which includes cutters for making mafaldine, pappardelle, vermicelli, ravioli, and more pasta shapes.As we said of the KitchenAid: Pasta maker machines are not easy to clean, and the Marcato is not really an exception to the rule. While some of the other machines we tried were rinsable under water, they still require you to dry their many nooks and crannies immediately.
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