Philips Kitchen Appliances Compact Pasta and Noodle Maker, Viva Collection, Comes with 3 Default Classic Pasta Shaping Discs, Fully Automatic, Recipe Book, Small, White (HR2370/05)

I have been wanting to make my own pasta for many years now but felt doing it by hand or with one of those manual roller machines would be too time consuming. Therefore, once I learned about extruders, I have been obsessing over what pasta maker to buy. Over one year ago I ordered an off brand maker and decided to return it without trying it because I have since learned the Philips pasta makers are highly rated. In addition to this one, I've researched the Philips 7000 Series Pasta Maker and the Philips Artisan Smart Pasta & Noodle Maker (which is only available at one high-end kitchen brand store). I also read all the reviews from all the sites, including the Philips site and Amazon and even watched a few YouTube videos. In the end, this pasta maker is the right balance for me because I am only cooking for myself and do not want to freeze pasta or make large quantities. However, large quantities can be made with this maker but it has to be done in batches. It is really designed for 2-3 people unless a recipe is doubled, which is possible to do in one churning session. It has a small footprint and comes with three discs for the three types of pastas most people use (spaghetti, fettuccine, and penne). In the box is the unit, three discs, one recipe book, one instruction book, two measuring cups (one for dry and one for liquids), a cleaning wand, and a cleaning tool that also doubles as a cutter. The liquid cup has two sides and it is important to know which side to use. Side A is for when only all purpose flour is used and Side B is when a mixture of other flours are used. I used a simple recipe of 200 grams of King Arthur Pasta Flour Blend and 75ml of liquid on the Side B side of the liquid measuring cup. The liquid was one egg topped off with water until 75ml was reached. I then beat the liquid with a fork until it was mixed. I just got this today and less than one hour later had a two person spaghetti meal that I ate all by myself. Because I reviewed everyone's videos and read a lot of reviews, I knew that the dough had to be crumbly, although I do think mine was a hairline too crumbly. After setting up the machine correctly, I then put the flour in the mixing chamber, covered the chamber with the lid, and turned on the pasta maker. As it was churning, I poured the liquid through the two tiny slits in the clear top ever so slowly. It must be done slowly. The texture of the dough must be crumbly and not mixed like one would expect when making bread or pizza dough. Nevertheless, after about 10 minutes I had about 2.5 servings of pasta. I immediately cooked it for 3 minutes in a pot of salted boiling water and then drained it (see photos). It was a simple spaghetti dish dressed with olive oil and grated cheese; however, it tasted much more delicious than store bought pasta to me. I am absolutely ecstatic that I was able to create my own pasta in minutes. Clean-up was not too bad. I remembered from reading reviews that it is important to let the pasta flour mixture dry on all the implements first before cleaning. I then used my fingers to pull and scrap off the dough. The dough just flaked or peeled off depending on which parts I was cleaning. I then hand washed them in seconds once I had brushed off all the stuck on dough--see photos. The photo of the cutting board with dough on it is how much gunk I flaked off the parts. This does not include the small amount of dough I dumped out of the reservoir. Cleaning took me about 15 minutes. In summary, I am so happy with my purchase. This pasta extruder machine is a perfect size for small families or those who do not mind making pasta in batches. It also has a small footprint. As long as I use the measuring cups provided and measure the wet and dry ingredients EXACTLY, I know I'll get perfect results. I must remember that the mixed dough must be crumbly for this to work properly. I am still debating whether I will purchase the Philips Kitchen Appliances Philips Compact Pasta Maker 4-in-1 Accessory Shape Kit which includes the discs for Pappardelle, Tagliatelle, Angel Hair and Lasagna. Those discs are currently too expensive and I am unsure how much I'll use them. The three discs that come with this maker are good enough and I suppose I can improvise elbows by cutting the penne smaller because there doesn't seem to be any elbow disc available for this machine. The current price of $116.95 plus tax is reasonable for this. I do wish I purchased this when it was seventeen dollars cheaper but I had not made up my mind at that time.

We made all our bread with a bread machine now. Shipping Udons when everybody stays at home for lunch cost us a fortune. Organic spaghetti tastes OK if we fry it. So it seems that this machine will be a good choice if it works. I never believed the videos of making noodles. And it looked like a whole of extra junk to clean up. But this one is from Philips. And if I don't like it I can return it, most likely leaving it out at my door. I didn't think about economics before. The worse you can get is saving 23 cents per 200 g of noodles without the egg, for 2 to 3 people. This compares organic flour with organic spaghetti from Whole Foods, doesn't count electricity, water, and labor So it takes 1.9 years to break even if you make 200 g every day. If you add the organic egg, you are losing 19 cents per 200 g of noodles. But spaghetti doesn't have eggs. The disassembly and reassembly were easy. Except that the triangle marker on the spaghetti disc was so faint that I thought the manual was talking about something else. The process is so much easier than the bread machine. There is no confusion. Pour 200 g of flour into the chamber out of the way. Close the lid and then turn on the machine. And then pour an 80 ml total of egg plus water into the chamber slowly over the lid. There are only 80 ml of liquid so it can't take much time. There are only 200 g of flour so the whole process doesn't take much time either. I can't believe that the machine did it right the first time. There are no sensors. A simple motor is controlled by a program. But the machine makes spaghetti like a robot. A spaghetti isn't uniform across the length but the imperfection disappeared after cooking. If not cooking immediately, I would cover the spaghetti so it won't get dry easily. It will start stiffening up and may break when you move them. I boiled the basic spaghetti recipe for 8 minutes. It tastes like, well, spaghetti. You can put everything except the motor into the dishwasher. All the plastic is of good quality. They can be rinsed clean. There is a brush with a hard scrubber and a silicone soft scrubber to take out the few flours that are left behind. The flat cleaning tool is actually the metal pin in the middle, each end of which is used to clear holes on the discs. It's not Korean ramen, not authentic udon, but I've been there before settling on spaghetti now. I'm very happy with it. Perhaps I'll think of something that justifies me against ordering spaghetti on our weekly grocery order.

I have used the Philips Viva Pasta Maker twice now. Here are my thoughts: Q: Is it easy to use? A: Absolutely. You weigh in the flour, add eggs and water, and press a button. Within 3 minutes the pasta will start to squeeze out. You now need to cut it to the desired length, which for spaghetti means cutting it every minute or so. The full run for a double batch (400g) is about 10-15 minutes. I make the sauce while it's working. Q: Is it easy to clean? A: Kinda. Everything is machine washable, and it is easy enough to disassemble. That being said, there are a quite a few pieces that need to be dissembled, cleaned and reassembled for every use. Still this is easy enough so that cleaning isn't an issue preventing me from using the pasta maker. Q: Does it work well? A: Yes. Follow the instructions and you'll get good fresh pasta. That being said, I still feel a difference in taste/texture compared to the very best handmade pasta- but that might just be a question of dialing in the recipe. It really does work. So am I happy with it? do I recommend it? Yes. If you eat pasta often enough, this is fantastic, easy to use, and works very well.

What a crazy mess my first experience was! I’m surprised nobody else I can find mentioned the poor instructions in the black & white booklet that gives the wrong units of measurement for the egg/liquid ingredients. Instead of ml, like it’s marked on the included measuring cup, the manual’s written instructions labels the liquid in g, aka grams. I was thrown off by it and blame it in part for not getting good results the first try using semolina combined with whole wheat flour. I forgot to double the amount of egg & water to the 400 g doubled flour amount. It called for 150 g semolina and 50 g white flour. Liquid measure was supposed to read, 75 ml after you add 1 egg and top the liquid up to make it that amount. Double that would have been 150 ml. Instead, I was tearing my hair out wondering why it said to add grams instead of ml. My husband was probably right when he told me at that point that I shouldn’t have drunk any of the whiskey he had just brought home from a trip out to the local liquor store. lol I ended up with a big ball of dough that I knew, from past experience with an old machine I used to own, was too wet. I had to stop & rethink everything. I didn’t want to throw all that dough & egg away. I decided to split it into 2 halves & add another 100 g of flour, acc. to the included dry ingredients measuring cup, to each of the 2 separate batches I was about to remix. I didn’t have white AP flour I could use for adding to the dough. A few days prior, the new bag I just recently bought at the grocery store had a worm in the top when I opened it. I had to throw the whole bag away! I didn’t know I had another bag of white flour in storage until after I finished making the pasta in this machine! I found some bread flour I had in storage and added that in place of the white AP flour to the over-moist semolina dough mixtures. Somehow miraculously, it all worked out and I was able to extrude 2 good batches of pasta when all was said and done! FYI, I liked very much that the machine automatically went back to remixing the dough left in the machine so that it could extrude more of it out. But even after that, there was still residual dough left in it that it was unable to pick up and push through the extruder. The solution: take it out of the machine and push it back into the rectangular opening where the screw turning mechanism pushes it through to get it to extrude it. When you’ve done this enough times and you still have a small amount of dough left, make it into noodles by hand. Stretch it out between the palms of your hands and roll it into round noodle shapes. Having been a pottery artist for many years, this is very easy for me but I don’t think it’s hard for anyone to do. Another thing I had fun doing was pushing out the “buttons” of pasta dough that gets stuck in the dies, and cooking them in with the rest of the past without changing their shapes. You can reshape them if you want. And you can do the same with any and all the little bits of dough that gets left out. If you really want to get into it & you’ve made a bigger mistake that leaves a larger quantity of unextruded dough, you can get out your rolling pin. Roll the dough out into a flat sheet. Then cut it in noodle-shape slices. Where there’s a will, there’s a way! Another issue I had with the instructions is how it says to place the die on the opening by putting the non-existent arrow at the top. There are lines in die opposite each other but they don’t end up centered at the top if you push the die in firmly enough so that its little teeth fit into slots on the machine end that hold the die in place. This was very confusing. I didn’t know if I should keep the die loose and not push it into the machine or push it hard enough to make the teeth mesh with the gaps molded in on the machine. Very hard to describe the problem but if you’ve tried this, I think you’ll know what I’m talking about. Positives- I like the improvements they’ve made to this type of machine such as the built-in storage drawer on the bottom. The whole process being automatic from mixing to extruding is very nice. It’s nice and compact which is a big reason I bought this instead of the larger model. The scraper with metal rods built in at both ends is very handy for poking dough out of the holes in the dies when they need cleaning or if you need to clear a few holes while it extrudes and they get plugged up. Can’t wait to try this again with a better start the next time we want to eat pasta. Not sure if this machine’s motor is strong enough for it to last. I bought the added coverage in case it breaks down. I also bought the extra dies elsewhere that will fit this machine & await their arrival so that I can try them out.

On first try, this pasta maker was a delight to use. It was easy to measure ingredients, flip the switch, and wait for reasonably good homemade pasta to come out. Unfortunately, it's more fragile than an egg shell. After a couple of uses, I noticed the pasta maker struggling a bit when spitting out pasta. But the results were fine, and the pasta seemed right once it came out. I was extremely careful to follow the precise measurements laid out in the manual, as others have noted. On the fifth use, the pasta maker made a terrible grinding sound near the beginning of the process. The whole top half flipped off and fell on the floor, as if the gears had gotten stuck. I tried putting everything back together, but the motor had burned out. This appeared to be covered under the manufacturer warranty, so I contacted Philips. After three incredibly long months of "reviewing the case," they finally sent a replacement. Despite the circumstances, I was excited to have a pasta maker again. I measured flour, water, and egg and tried again. This time, I used ever so slightly more water in case there were any issues with hydration. About five minutes into the process, the machine attempted to spit out pasta, but nothing came out of the tube. It started making noises again. I immediately stopped the machine and attempted to disassemble the parts. I couldn't. The front pasta tube is stuck in place and won't come off. The plastic looks warped. I can't believe how cheap this thing is. It just doesn't work. For the amount of money this costs, I would expect to get several years of use at least. It's just garbage. I'm once again stuck with a giant $200 paper weight, but this time, I'm not waiting another three months for a replacement. It's going in the trash. Don't let this happen to you.

If you’ve always wanted to make fresh pasta at home but couldn’t be bothered with all the mess and effort, the Philips Compact Pasta and Noodle Maker might just be your new best friend. This fully automatic machine is designed to quickly prepare your favorite pasta and noodles with minimal effort. It comes with three classic shaping discs (Spaghetti, Penne, and Fettuccine), so you can make a variety of delicious pasta dishes in no time. Pros: 1. Fully Automatic: You don’t have to be a pasta pro to make restaurant-quality dishes with this machine. Just add ingredients, press a button, and let the machine do the work. It’s as easy as it gets. 2. Three Shaping Discs: The included shaping discs (Spaghetti, Penne, and Fettuccine) allow for a variety of pasta options, so you can mix things up based on your mood. 3. Compact Design: It’s small enough to fit on most countertops without taking up too much space. Perfect for people with smaller kitchens or those who don’t want to clutter up their space with a big machine. 4. Recipe Book Included: The included recipe book gives you a range of pasta options to try out, so you can get creative with your dishes. 5. Easy to Clean: After making your pasta, the cleaning process is a breeze. The parts are detachable and dishwasher-safe, so no fuss or mess. Cons: 1. Limited Shape Options: While the three discs are great for classic pasta shapes, more adventurous home chefs might find the lack of additional discs limiting. 2. Requires Ingredients in the Right Proportions: While the machine is automatic, it works best when you use the right proportions of ingredients. If you’re unfamiliar with pasta-making, you might need to experiment a bit to get the perfect texture. 3. May not be Best for Those with Special Dietary Needs: While this machine works wonders with traditional ingredients, if you need gluten-free, low-carb, or other specialty pastas, you may need to look for a machine that can handle these ingredients more effectively. In short, the Philips Compact Pasta and Noodle Maker is perfect for anyone who loves fresh pasta but wants to avoid the hassle of making it by hand. With its easy operation, simple clean-up, and versatile shaping discs, you’ll be whipping up delicious dishes in no time. Just be ready to experiment with ingredients to find your perfect pasta!

I love my little pasta maker!! It brings me so much joy when I use it. It’s so simple and the pasta is fresh!! I cannot say enough. I wish I could buy one for all my daughters, but they use their stand mixer. The instructions are clear and precise, which is always welcome. The recipe booklet is perfect for switching up plain old pasta. I just love all this! It is compact, so storage is not an issue. It does have some heft to it, so be careful. I feel it will last a long time. The motor is very quiet and strong. Good quality parts, they also have heft to them, so not worry of breaking any parts. I’ve dropped the rod on the floor and prayed it didn’t hit my foot, cause that would hurt. I bought the Black colored machine to match my appliances and it blends perfectly. Buy this machine!!

So easy to use! I made so much pasta the first I used it. Make a double batch as it’s hard for the machine to grab the dough if it’s a single batch. Also, make sure you follow the measurements in the book.

I just received my pasta maker and immediately opened it and made a batch of penne. Having previously watched a YouTube on using this machine I found it very easy to immediately begin using it with little need to open the manual (but yes definitely read the instructions it you aren't familiar). I made a 400g recipe and it seemed much shorter than the 18 minutes stated for the machine to finish. The machine mixed for just a few minutes then switched to extruding. The first half inch or so of pasta was a bit shaggy looking, so I cut that off immediately and tossed it but from that point on I was getting very pretty looking penne noodles at a pretty decent rate of speed. The noodles are much firmer than I expected, not delicate at all and it took some force to cut the noodles. They were not sticky either. There was a small but of dough left in the machine at the end but not much. It actually seemed to be very little waste to me. The machine itself is quieter than I expected. Less noisy than my stand mixer. I ended up undercooking the pasta just because I was paranoid it would end up overcooked since it was "fresh" and not dry pasta. So it was a bit chewy but that is my fault. Some of the left over noodles that sat in the pot while we ate supper continued cooking and I tasted them after and they were perfect! So next time I will cook the penne longer than 8 minutes. It is thick enough it can handle a longer cooking time. My kids love pasta and this met with their approval. They both cleaned their plates. Cleanup wasn't too bad. I used the tool to get the bits of dough out of the shaper disc pretty easily and just wiped off the dried on bits from the rest of the parts. They flaked off with ease. Then I tossed everything in the dishwasher. I am very pleased with the narrow width of this machine. That is what made me end up buying this compact model over the larger model. The difference in capacity is only slightly less but it takes up significantly less counter/storage space. No regrets, this is just the right size. I look forward to trying many more types of pasta.

Excelente produto. Importante ler as instruções para, por exemplo, não despejar o trigo no lugar errado, não botar líquido antes do trigo, etc. Vários detalhes pequenos que podem estragar a execução. Com tudo entendido, porém, a coisa é simples, prática e rápida. Em uns 3 minutos o macarrão já começa a sair. Muito legal, rápido, prático e funcional. Super recomendo!!!

It was purchased at amazon.sg (Singapore). The country uses 220V/50Hz. The product is 120V/60Hz. There is no mention on product description about the voltage. Zero warnings on the purchasing process. How come?

This is the second time we buy this machine. There is a part that is wore out after 6 years and I cannot find the part even on Philip’s website. The machine is easy to use and easy to clean, the past it makes is better than we anywhere we can get.

Excelente aparato. La pasta está lista en unos 10-15 minutos a lo mucho. No recomiendo salirse de las proporciones de las recetas, puesto que la masa debe verse como arena mojada. Si le pones más líquido y te queda como una pasta normal, la máquina no lo podrá expulsar. Es de fácil instalación y limpieza. Yo prefiero esperar unos minutos a que los restos sequen para poder sacudir el depósito y ya después lavarlo bien sin tanto problema. Prepara máximo 400 g de pasta por vez. Muy adecuado para unas 4 o 5 personas. Eso sí, se calienta un poco si preparas pasta dos veces seguidas. No como para que explote, pero recomiendo darle unos minutos entre cada preparación. Estaría bien que incluyera una receta para fideos de arroz. No he podido encontrar la proporción.