Gourmia GPM500 Complete Craft Electric Pasta Maker for Regular, Gluten Free and Whole Wheat Pasta, 8 Discs Included- Includes Free Recipe Book - 110V

Very impressed with this one. Making pasta is easy and there was no learning curve. I used Bob's red mill semolina flour. Since I ran out of eggs and we are in the middle of a winter storm, I just used a mixture of olive oil and water to make the dough...turned out pretty good. Today I added spinach and some red pepper flakes to the pasta...it tasted an looked amazing. A couple of issues I have are...it didn't come with an instruction manual (but I was able to find one online using Google). 2nd issue is, after it is done extruding the pasta, there is about a ping pong ball size dough stuck in the extruder cup...this is a waste. I tried putting it back in, but it just got stuck again.The things l liked about this machine, it is easy to use, clean and very forgiving. First time I made the pasta, I had not put the mold properly and the pasta started spinning along with the extruder. I was able to stop the machine, pull out the dough and put it back in and it worked well.

My spouse and I got a Gourmia cake maker after I saw the Gourmia video of Daniel Green extolling some of its many features. We were NOT disappointed. That is why when I went looking for a pasta maker I turned to Gourmia and saw the GPM-500 Complete Electric Pasta maker with 8 discs which also dries the pasta as it makes it so no drying racks are required. You just set a plate in front of the machine and the pasta, an amount that feeds two, is dispensed after the 5-minute dough making process.The Pasta Maker arrived in a brightly colored box and I read the materials with it. The manual seemed as if it was not proof read and the directions seemed almost written in shorthand. This might have concerned me but the Gourmia Cake maker wowed me so I had confidence. Perhaps I got an advance version of the manual, as the product is so new.The machine has a small footprint. I store mine disassembled on a shorter cabinet in one of my bookshelves. At the time of this writing, there is not yet an accessory to store the discs but when it comes out, I will be purchasing it. They will fit in a coffee can. I keep mine in recycled Parmesan cheese containers. I also look forward to the release of MORE pasta discs, and a cookie disc set.On a Saturday, I tried the Pasta Maker with my spouse. In the morning over our Turkish coffee while he was bird watching I gave him both the manual and the recipe booklet to read along with a catalog showcasing garden furniture to relax. Later that afternoon I set up the machine and gave it a whirl. You just fill the larger dough cup with dough. I use ½ unbleached organic flour and ½ Bob’s Red Mill Whole Wheat Flour as a taste difference from ‘regular’ pasta cannot be detected with this ratio of whole wheat flour. Then I added a pinch of salt to the flour. I filled the smaller water cup with lukewarm water. Then opening the top of the machine I poured a small amount, around 1 ½ teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil to the left of the dough paddle. I then poured in the dough, also to the left.When the top is put on the machine, make sure the slat is securely fastened. There is a tab that pushes in at the top to do this. Then with just a push or two of a button the machine starts mixing the dough. It is at this time water must slowly be drizzled in by pouring it into the main compartment in the slot on the left.In just 5 minutes, perfect dough is made. Next, lift the slat and press the extrusion button and the machine dispenses the pasta. Make sure a plate is in front of it and the fan is not blocked as it automatically dries it. It was at this time my spouse came into our kitchen as he heard my oohs and ahhs as I saw gorgeous fresh spaghetti. He could not believe how fast it made it. He quickly removed our wooden stovetop cover and got a pan and filled it with water to boil and said he was hungry and thought he was going to have to eat a sandwich. I asked him to get our Aroma Rice Cooker so I could pour some of our vacuum sealed pre made homemade spaghetti sauce in to warm it up in a jiffy in the non stick Aroma for easy cleanup. I spray it with olive oil spray, pour the sauce in and hit slow cook, then keep warm once it boils. He also got out our Parmesan and some wine. Our dining room table is always set. We had fresh homemade bread from our three bread machines I run concurrently so I do not have to make bread each day. He heated those up in the microwave for 35 seconds, then put garlic bread and spices on our dining room table while I put the fresh pasta in the boiling water for the two or three minutes it took to cook. We have softened butter and margarine that we keep on our dining room table in butter keepers. These have a reservoir for water that keeps the butter and margarine at the correct temperature so they can be left out saving lots of time. We just butter the hot bread, with butter kept perfect on our dining room table, and in this case add garlic and spices to it if we want with our pasta.The pasta was delicious! My spouse kept asking questions about how to make it in case he wanted to surprise me with some on a weekend. I asked him to watch me make more as I batched it before I put the machine away. I believe the only way to not have to buy store bought pasta is to make a few batches and vacuum seal and refrigerate them so if I am tired I can just pull fresh pasta out of my fridge without having to get out my machine. I learned this as I developed my home made bread system and did away with store bought bread easily.My spouse and I made two more types of pasta that day. He came up with a great suggestion as he saw me struggling to cut the vermicelli abit as it stuck to my fingers and part of the machine just a bit as it came out. He said we should spray it with olive oil. The next batch I did and also sprayed my hand as I found it best to hold very light vermicelli with my finger behind it while I cut it.I cleaned up the machine and he took care of the dishes. We both cleaned our counters while drinking wine.I then placed each batch in a one quart mason jar and using my Foodsaver Machine and wide mouth jar sealer I vacuum sealed them and placed them in our refrigerator.Make sure you let the machine rest between batches. Do not overwork it. If you have more than two people eating pasta it would be wise to purchase two and run them back to back without having to wait to make another batch of pasta.UPDATE 11/20/17 I finally got around to making my first batch of homemade ravioli though I have made many other types of pasta. Here are some ravioli tips. I used the technique for making ravioli described in the Butternut squash Ravioli Recipe in the included recipe book but I just filled mine with ricotta (mix it with Italian Spices,) and topped them with homemade marinara sauce. Instead of a pasta cutter, I turned the plastic pasta cutter that comes with this type of Gourmia (GPM-500) sideways and cut my rolled dough with this. The nice curve gave me great looking raviolis. A tip for the environmentally conscious, instead of using a wooden rolling pin an empty wine bottle also works great to roll dough. So do the type of rollers enclosed with plastic kids type beach buckets. There are many common on hand items that will work to cut ravioli or other homemade dough shapes. Instead of sprinkling flour on my countertop, I prefer spraying it with a light spray of Extra Virgin Olive Oil as I do not like the dusty feel of flour. This works great and makes cleanup easier. I also spray the extruder rod and both inside and outside of the pasta disc I am using with my Gourmia Pasta Maker with olive oil. One batch of dough will feed two. All of my pasta, except for the Annie’s Organic Macaroni and Cheese my spouse and I eat, is made by me, or both me and my spouse, in our Gourmia GPM-500. My recipe for pasta is fill pasta cup ½ organic unbleached flour, ½ whole wheat flour. Place a pinch of salt on top. Then pour in that in the pasta maker. Add a sprinkle of olive oil on top of it. Close lid, start pasta maker and add the water slowly. Delicious, homemade, healthy ½ whole wheat pasta in just a few minutes! Now if I get a hankering for some low fat healthy Fettucine Alfredo I can have it with the help of my Gourmia Pasta Maker and my custom recipe.UPDATE 5/2/18Although it is possible to make lasagna and raviolis by hand with Pastamazing as I described I decided to add an addition to my pasta making. I purchased a Marcato Atlas. These are not electronic, they are pasta rollers. They make three types of pasta out of the box, one is flat lasagna sheets. Raviolis are a separate attachment and must be purchased separately.As I have perfected my own pasta recipe I use in my Gourmia Pasta Amazing I like my Gourmia Pasta Amazing to mix my pasta and pizza dough. I also like the fact I have so many different types of shapes available to extrude with it. I recommend with the Gourmia Pastamazing that a plastic pasta rack be used to dry the noodles rather than extrude them onto a plate. As they are extruded use a pasta rack wand such as the one on the Tacapasta Pasta Drying racks (these can be purchased in red to match the Goumia Pastamazings) or other type rod to hold the pasta up as it is extruded. Then turn the Gourmia off when the pasta gets long enough. Take a floured pair of scissors and cut it then transfer it to the pasta rack until boiling it. Turn the Gourmia back on to continue extruding, repeat process until all dough is used.Now after more than a year of just using my Gourmia Pastamazing and making lasagna, pierogies and raviolis by hand and vegetarian shepherd's pie I purchased a Marcato Atlas to make things even easier for me. I can make lasagna that much better with the addition of the Marcato and Marcato ravioli attachment. That is why I recommend buying one of these in addition to Gourmia Pastamazing if you get into making homemade pasta long term, but know the Gourmia Pasta Amazing is set up for two people. If wanting to make very large pasta batches you would have to buy several Gourmia Pasatamazings and run them simultaneously or buy a pasta mixer with a much larger capacity. -Julie SandsUPDATE 9/12/18 After almost a year and a half of making homemade pasta with my Gourmia Pasta Amazing I have gained some more insight and have additional tips on how to best utilize these types of Pasta Makers. Sprinkle a small amount of flour on the plate the pasta will be extruded on. I no longer cut my pasta as it is being extruded. Instead I rotate the plate as it is extruded. This prevents the pasta from piling up and sticking. How do I cut it? I take my pizza cutter after it is dried by the fan and cut it quickly and easily. With the macaroni disc I cut the ends in diagonals which gives it a nice ziti quality. I make two batches of pasta when I use my Pasta Amazing and if any is left over I often add those noodles to a homemade soup. I use my special low fat recipe of ½ organic unbleached flour to ½ whole wheat flour in the gourmia pasta cup. I add a pinch of salt to this and throw it in the machine. Then I add a VERY small amount of olive oil (less than ½ a teaspoon,) to the flour in the machine. I add the amount of water suggested in the water cup. If the dough has not come together in a minute or so I add just a few drops, wait and see that it does. I found if there are problems extruding, it is because I have added too much water. If the dough seems wet, it can always be picked up after it is molded and more flour quickly added by hand before it is extruded.-Julie Sands

I returned this product. Here's why: 1. Total cleaning nightmare. The leftover dough sticks to everything and clogs it, especially if you use any gums. There are too many pieces for the dough to stick to. 2. By the time you use it and clean it, it takes way shorter manually. It's just way easier to form and mix the dough by hand, and make shapes (using a manual pasta press, a cookie press, or even your fingers), and dry it. 3. Huge waste of flour, as the flour gets stuck in the mixing section, the extruding section, and the extruder screw itself. By the way, with homemade pasta, I would not even boil it at all, because you lose so much of the flour into the water, and the pasta is soft to begin with. Just sauté or fry or bake or even microwave.

This machine only makes a small amount of dough / noodles per batch. Each batch is maybe 1.5 cups of batter.This machine is way too small to make bread dough as shown on the video online. You may be able to make enough bread dough to make a small dinner roll or maybe two. The mixing area only fits about 2 cups total of ingredients for the dough/batter.The unit does come with 8 different type noodle choices. However, if you wish to make tortilinia or lasagna noodles this will not work.We tried the basic dough recipe which comes with the machine, it was super stick & ended up throwing out both batches we tried to make using this recipe. Add about 1/8 or so extra flour to make the noodles come out of the extruded nozzle without sticking to everything.The machine is a pain to clean.

Package arrived on Saturday and we've used it many times already! It's easy and intuitive to use. It's also easy to clean (comes with cleaning tools).This product has a great pasta recipe in the instruction booklet. There are many great pasta shapes but no flat extruder, so no ravioli. It can also knead dough and has a pizza recipe included.Don't be surprised, it has a three pronged plug (grounding). There are suction cups on the bottom so it stays in on place.This pasta maker is fun to use as well as easy, so my teenager and young son can both enjoy making pasta.I was surprised that it takes the same amount of time to make fresh pasta from scratch, as it does to make boxes pasta!

This machine is basically a toy. It may work nice and makes good pasta, but maybe for just one person. The dies are so small, each time only extrudes a few noodles. For each run, it only takes less than a cup of flour. The die for reginette (wide noodle) only has 3 holes. Spaghetti has 8 holes... Oh, the manual also says, between batches, the machine has to rest 20 minutes... Sorry Amazon, this toy is being returned... I guess I should never trust 4.5 star based on 12 people.

Missing manual and other parts, used and not clean. Appears to have been returned before I got it. Returned for refund.