Viante CUC-25PM Electric Pasta Maker with 9 Interchangeable Discs

by Viante Home Products

Product Features

• Electric pasta maker effortlessly mixes and kneads pasta dough
• Transparent viewing window; quick-reference icons on side panel
• Removable measuring spoon built into chamber's lid; on-board tool storage
• Includes 8 pasta discs, 1 biscotti disc, knife, and cleaning tool
• Measures approximately 12-4/5 by 13-8/9 by 15 inches

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 12.8 x 15 inches ; 14.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B003B1ZOXS
• Item model number: CUC-25PM
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,524 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Enjoy homemade pasta's many delights--and none of its hassles--with this super-efficient electric pasta maker. Sleek and compact, the unit features a powerful motor that effortlessly mixes and kneads pasta dough--even 100-percent whole-grain dough--to the perfect consistency for cutting and cooking. Furthermore, it comes with eight unique pasta discs that create a variety of lasagna, fettuccine, linguine, and other authentically shaped noodles, as well as a biscotti-shaping disc--because dessert should always be on the menu, too. Additional highlights include a transparent viewing window that allows for checking dough's consistency at a glance; a removable measuring spoon built into the chamber's lid--which, when removed, creates an opening for adding liquid ingredients to the dough; quick-reference icons on its side panel for choosing the proper pasta disc for each recipe; and a spacious mixing chamber that can store the included accessories (discs, cleaning tool, and knife) when not in use. The pasta maker measures approximately 12-4/5 by 13-8/9 by 15 inches.

Product Description

Fresh homemade pasta tastes even better without the work. The Viante CUC-25PM makes 9 different types of pasta shapes and also biscotti and quickly mixes and kneads the dough to the correct consistency. The transparent viewing window lets user check consistency of dough.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make Delicious Pasta, September 4, 2010

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R. A. Layne (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Viante CUC-25PM Electric Pasta Maker with 9 Interchangeable Discs (Kitchen)

I have this pasta machine and just love it. To have success, you must follow directions when making the dough. If it is too dry or too wet it will not extrude properly. There are steps to correct the dough consistency. I flavor my pasta with different spices like saffron, dill, basil. Pasta flavored with Old Bay goes well with seafood, and Lemon Pepper is good with Chicken. Clean up is easy if you allow the dough to dry in the machine and disk. Then just wipe it out. I recommend handwashing the parts. The front looks like metal, but it is silver colored plastic. You can also use different types of flour to make the pasta: You can make your own whole wheat or gluten free pasta, or rice noodles, using rice flour. I recommend "The Pasta Machine Cookbook" for some wonderful recipes. I plan on making beef stroganoff and have either tagliatelle or pappardelle with it. If you follow directions you will get good results. You must also read the directions when you disassemble and reassemble the parts.

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent machine that does what it is supposed to, January 2, 2011

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Wiley - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Viante CUC-25PM Electric Pasta Maker with 9 Interchangeable Discs (Kitchen)

I was a bit reluctant to purchase this due to some of the negative reviews, but I am quite glad that I did. The pasta is outstanding, the packing was fine...but where is the warranty?

There really are two aspects to making great pasta, the first being is the machine capable of doing the job? The answer is resoundingly, "yes".

As noted, while the machine looks aesthetically pleasing, much of it is made of plastic. However, the critical parts are made of metal. Surely, if I dropped it, something would break....but so would most appliances. The machine is simple to break down and put back together and the instructions are quite clear on this. Yes, it does make some noise, but folks, it is a mixer and requires a motor. The motor is powerful enough to do the job.

The real art of making great pasta is getting the consistency of the dough correct. This applies to this machine or any other method of making pasta dough. The manual provides a picture which shows what the dough should look like. With the dough at the proper consistency, the extrusion process takes about 20 minutes. It may sound long, but if you are cutting and drying the pasta on a rack, that is about all of the time you have before you are ready to cut again.

Some tips on making the dough:
1. Whisk the flour in a bowl prior to measuring. Add it into the measuring cup with a large spoon and then level it with a knife. Do not pack it down
2. Mix all of the liquid ingredients with a whisk prior to adding it to the flour.
3. Let the machine mix the ingredients for at least 3 minutes before deciding on the need to add water. Add the water a bit at a time and let the machine mix it for several minutes before deciding on adding more. If you add too much water and have dough that looks like golf balls, stop the machine and break the dough down into tiny pea sized pieces. Then add a tablespoon of flour before starting the mixing process again. You may need to repeat this process a few times if there is too much water.

The recipes should be regarded as guidelines, I have yet to make perfect pasta just by the recipe alone. The amount of moisture needed is quite variable due to a lot of other factors (home humidity, moisture content of the flour, not all eggs are the exact same size, etc). Have some patience, let the machine due the work, and be judicious in adding extra liquid a little bit at a time.

Clean up is a simple matter. I have tried the "let it dry overnight" method as well as the "clean it right now". I find that cleaning the washable parts is easier when the dough is still moist. The disc is easier to clean when it is fully dried and the dried dough pops right out with the cleaning tool.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pasta making with ease, September 17, 2010

By 

linda a plankey (Hamden, Ct United States) - See all my reviews

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Viante CUC-25PM Electric Pasta Maker with 9 Interchangeable Discs
Making pasta with the Viante Pasta Maker couldn't be easier. Easy to operate and in thirty minutes or less, the job is done.
Clean up is a breeze, whether washing by hand or in the dishwasher. The machine comes with a nice selection of discs, different shapes and sizes of your favorite pasta.