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Essential Pasta Making Tools and Equipment Guide
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items This list is for anyone interested in making pasta and looking for guidance from a professional who teaches home cooks. Over the years, I’ve worked with a wide range of pasta machines and tools, and I’ve tested countless flours—both traditional and g...
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Equipment
Flour
Accessories
Equipment
In all honesty, I never thought I would own—let alone rely on—an electric pasta machine. This one, however, has become the center of my pasta-making. While I do use the attachments when I need to produce larger quantities (it easily cuts the time in ...
Pasta Fresca Pasta Mixer + Attachments (Classic line)
I love these machines so much that I now own twelve of them—and counting. I teach pasta classes, so my machines get far more use than the average home kitchen, yet they still look and perform like I bought them yesterday.
I can’t tell you how many p...
Marcato Pasta Atlas 150+ Pasta Machine, 100% Made in Italy
Dispensing flour may seem like the least important part of pasta-making, but I would argue the opposite. The process is far more enjoyable—and far more successful—when you can control the amount of flour precisely.
The Marcato dispenser holds plenty...
Dispenser (Design Line)
I learned to make pasta by hand with my Grandma Lucy. We used a broomstick—beautifully finished by family friend Zeek Salvini—to roll out the dough, cut it by hand, and dry it draped over the broomstick suspended between two chairs.
When I returned ...
Tacapasta (Pasta Drying Rack)
I almost passed on this ravioli tablet. I already owned several from another brand, and at about $20 each, the $100+ price tag on this one felt excessive. But I decided to try it anyway.
The moment I picked up the box, I knew it was different. It’s ...
Ravioli Maker Tablet Marcato
The day after I started using this gnocchi board, I donated my 15 others and bought eight more for my classes—that’s how much I love it.
The length is what really sets it apart. It accommodates a variety of techniques, which is especially helpful si...
Gnocchi Board with Garganelli
Flour
The most important element in pasta-making—really in all cooking and baking—is the quality of your ingredients. After testing many different brands of flour, we settled on Caputo “00” pizza flour for both our pasta and pizza.
We also use this flour ...
Pizza Flour - Authentic Italian 00 Flour | Caputo Flour
Caputo gluten-free flour (Fioreglut) is my favorite flour for gluten-free pasta-making. Like all gluten-free flours, it’s a blend of starches, but what makes this one unique is that it uses wheat starch that has been carefully washed free of gluten.
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Caputo Gluten Free Flour
I started incorporating semolina into my pasta dough a few years ago. The texture of King Arthur semolina is almost cornmeal-like—you wouldn’t think it would work, but it adds depth of flavor and a bit of heft to the dough. That extra structure helps...
Semolina Flour
Accessories
Homemade egg pasta needs air circulation during storage after it's dried—otherwise it can trap moisture and develop mold. For years, I stored mine in a Ziplock bag or a container, leaving it slightly open.
Then one day, I bought a loaf of bread in a...
Bag Tek Clear Plastic Bread Bag - Micro-Perforated, with Wicket Dispen
Have you ever owned several versions of something, yet always reach for the same one? That’s exactly how I feel about rolling pins.
I do use a small metal one that came with my ravioli tablet for certain tasks, but when I’m hand-rolling pasta dough,...
Straight Rolling Pin
The Marcato Atlas 150 comes with two cutters in one—capellini (angel hair) and linguine—but it doesn’t stop there. A wide range of additional attachments can greatly expand the machine’s capabilities. From pappardelle to vermicelli, you can create a ...
Atlas 150 Attachments
I find that a 3-inch biscuit cutter is the perfect size for tortellini. I love this one because it has a comfortable handle and is sturdy enough that it won’t bend out of shape.
It’s also dishwasher safe—though mine will never see the inside of a di...
HULISEN 3 inch Biscuit Cutter
I call this a bench knife, though here it’s labeled as a pastry scraper. Either way, it’s an essential tool—I always keep one nearby when I’m working with dough.
This one is sharp enough to cut through dough cleanly, but not so sharp that it feels l...
Pro Dough Pastry Scraper Stainless Steel
There’s a second stage to drying pasta. You begin with the Tacapasta, but it’s important to remove the pasta before it’s completely dry—otherwise it can become brittle, crack, and end up on your countertop.
These racks are perfect for that next phas...
Pasta Drying Tray