Avance CollectionPasta maker

We’re really enjoying using our pasta maker and love being able to make fresh pasta at home. I’m surprised by how quickly it makes it, with spaghetti ready in around 10 minutes. So far, we’ve made spaghetti, egg noodles, tagliatelle and lasagne sheets. There are several preset programmes to choose from, which make things really easy, and the machine does most of the work for you. Just select the programme and let it do its thing. It comes with a good selection of shaping discs, so there are plenty of different types of pasta to try. I also love the handy storage drawer built into the machine where all the discs can be kept together rather than having them loose in a kitchen drawer. It makes plenty for our family of four, and cleaning it afterwards is fairly straightforward too. We’re really pleased with it. It’s lovely having fresh homemade pasta whenever we fancy it, without it taking ages to prepare.

VERY GOOD MACHINE !!! NO RECEPIES ATTACHED ?!?! - TONS OF THEM , IN 120 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ON INTERNET !!!!

Very Quick process and easy to assemble. Great results. Quality of the pasta really impressive

I have arthritis in my hands but adore fresh pasta and I have found my renewed love of making it. I was sceptical at first but I have found the machine so simple to use quick and accurate that I can decide at short notice to make pasta for lunch etc! Such a great addition to my kitchen! I can't recommend it enough!

I've really enjoyed trying out the Philips 7000 Series Pasta Maker over the past few weeks. I've always liked the idea of making my own pasta, and this machine makes it much more achievable without having to spend ages doing everything by hand. The pasta itself comes out really well, with a lovely texture, and I particularly like being able to experiment with different shapes and recipes. It's also a great addition to the kitchen when you're cooking for a family. I wouldn't say it's a machine you can just take out of the box and use perfectly straight away though. There's definitely some trial and error involved, particularly when it comes to getting the ingredients and consistency right. Once you've had a few attempts, it becomes much easier and the automatic settings are really useful. My main criticism would be removing the pasta moulds. Sometimes they can be incredibly stiff and require quite a bit of strength to get them off. It's not a major issue, but it can make cleaning a little more awkward than it needs to be. Preparation is fairly quick once you're familiar with the process, although you do need to allow a little time for cleaning afterwards. Despite those small frustrations, I'm really pleased with the machine. The finished pasta is delicious, and there's something quite satisfying about making it yourself. I would definitely recommend it, just be prepared to spend a little time learning how to get the best results!

Just received it haven’t used it yet. It doesn’t seem to come with 7000 Series Water/Flour cup but it comes with a water tube for measuring water. It’s took elongated to measure flour. Do I have to buy the flour cup separately? Thanks

The pasta maker really opened my eyes to the variations of pasta I can make. There are some additional features I think would be useful. 1. Have a mix/knead only feature. Allow to knead the dough/mix the flour without the use of the scale where it doesn't extrude immediately afterwards but stops. 2. Have a safety feature that allows the extruder to turn in the opposite direction. I've noticed it's only in the program, for example, if I've made my dough too dry, the extruder struggles. Adding the "reverse" extruder feature, combined with the first point, would enable me to add a little water and mix again to then extrude the pasta. It currently is a little tricky as I've had to struggle to take the dough out of the extruder after turning it off, to then re-weigh it and put it back in, add a little water and try again. Overall, it gets the job done once all the ingredients are right. Weve made so many variations of pasta. We also use it to knead our bread dough which is great, it would be better to have a button for that so the extruder doesn't turn on immediately and it can knead for longer.

Having made pasta by hand for several years, I was not convinced that this machine would produce decent extruded pasta, but I was wrong. It’s so simple and quick. Making pasta now takes 15 mins start to finish. Washing up is a breeze, and there’s very little wasted dough. Penne has been the most difficult, it collapses when cooked, but the other shapes work well. Instructions are pretty awful, and the Philips website accessed via the QR scan is out of date and provides little instruction on pasta making.

The pasta it produces is great, but we have had a few niggling issues with the pasta maker as it keeps giving "E1" error message (lid or extruder not in correct place). Initially we emptied the flour as we thought it was the extruder that was an issue, reassembled and got the error again. In the end we swapped the extruder and it worked fine. But is is a pain and messy to have to clear up the flour afdter emptying the pasta maker. This has done this 3 times now, and we have found others ways to eliminate the error, repeatedly removing/adding the lid, and also pressing the starrt button numerous times, but it has taken us a while to find a way around the issue.

Were are the recipies? The machine is expensive and I would have expected a recipe book to come with it. Also all you have is pictures from 1 to 30 and no explanation.