Atlas Manual Pasta Extruder Regina - Made in Italy

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Product Features

• 5 different dies available for making Five different types of pasta
• Made in Italy
• Manual machine for making pasta by extrusion

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00123REBM
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,184 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

The Regina Atlas is a manual machine for making pasta by extrusion. Comes complete with five interchangeable dies for producing Rigatoni, Maccheroni, Maccheroncini, Bucatini and Fusilli. The machine is made entirely of plastic for foodstuffs. The control handle and the locking clamp are made of chrome-plated steel and shockproof plastic. The five dies are made of plastic for foodstuffs and chrome-plated steel. The size of the Extruder measures 10 x 5 x 7.5-in.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the real sleeper here of all the pasta gadgets!, October 20, 2009

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Arthur Jillette Jr. "Pasta Perfecto" (Goshen, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlas Manual Pasta Extruder Regina - Made in Italy (Kitchen)

I have bought and tried just about all the Chinese Pasta Mixer-Extruders that are being sold today, including the Ronco disaster and the Pasta imPerfect (and its' 3 or 4 clones that have interchangable parts with the Pasta Perfect.) and have decided that you need to invest at least $200 to get a combination unit that has a ghost of a chance of performing decently.

I have had good luck with two different units: The somewhat pricey Kitchen-Aid pasta extruder attachment (which requires the ownership of a Kitchen-Aid mixer, and this cheap little Atlas manual pasta extruder. Both units require you make up the dough in advance. With the Kitchen-Aid you have the dough hook and all the other great equipment. With the Atlas, you can use a fork, flour, eggs, your hands and whatever else, to create your dough.

With the dies included, you can make spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasanga and cookies. Who cares about the 8 other dies that don't work very well in the other machines anyhow? It is a manual machine. Nothing to jam or burn out. Easy to clean. And it does its' thing quite well! This is the unit to get if you want do what pasta extruders do best. Roller type pasta makers also have their place, but you can easily afford this little angel and a roller machine as well! Obviously I love it!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, February 7, 2010

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Leticia Wisecarver (Johnson City, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlas Manual Pasta Extruder Regina - Made in Italy (Kitchen)

If you don't have this yet Get it! :-)

I make a lot of bread and Pasta, added this to my collection as I enjoy manual methods over electric.

This machine works great.
It's not however for tender handed persons, some of the dies make egg dough very hard to crank.

I was surprised how clean it remains as you use it, the inner storage area stays spotless.
Changing dies it very quick and it does not have razor sharp edges like some Pasta machines, very nice quality on this.

For the price you cannot go wrong, order one now!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good machine but not easy to use, June 27, 2010

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MaryAnn (CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Atlas Manual Pasta Extruder Regina - Made in Italy (Kitchen)

I haven't tried any other machines so I don't have anything to compare to. I do have a regular pasta maker by another manufacturer that is easier to use but it only cuts noodles. Overall not a bad machine. I am happy with it and it does make good pasta, easy to use but can be a workout. You definitely don't have to feel guilty about eating the pasta because you burn off the calories making it.

Pros: simple design, comes apart, and easy to clean; does have additional attachment for dough mixing and meat grinding you can purchase separately; works good for tubular pastas.

Cons: takes some strength to crank the dough through; is mostly plastic (my other pasta machine is all metal which I prefer); haven't had any luck with the rotini pastas