Interesting kitchen equipment: manual noodle cutter

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Modern industry produces a variety of household appliances designed to facilitate the work of the housewife in the kitchen. These are combines, blenders, dishwashers, etc. One of these useful devices is a noodle cutter - a rather rare guest in Russian kitchens.

However, this equipment is completely in vain deprived of attention. It's actually a handy tool. In any case, he will not remain idle. The manual noodle cutter is used to prepare not only the actual noodles, but also to roll out layers of dough of different thicknesses. Thus, it is very easy to get the starting material for making dumplings or dumplings.

All housewives know how hard it is to roll out thin plates of dough for the same noodles or, say, beshbarmak. Using such an interesting tool as a manual pasta cutter, this process can be simplified significantly. All that is needed is to knead the dough of the desired composition and knead it slightly, making the piece flat. After that, it is inserted into the first compartment of the device and driven through it. At the same time, you just needturn the handle, as, for example, when using a manual meat grinder.

The result is a plate of dough. Its thickness can be adjusted with special settings that are provided in many models of such a tool as a manual pasta cutter. In other designs, to obtain a thin layer, it is necessary to drive it through the machine 3 times.

Then the dough prepared in this way, if you want to make homemade noodles, is dried and passed through the second compartment, where it is cut. In this case, the design of the machine provides two modes: for strips of dough with a width of 2 and 4 mm.

As you can see, everything is extremely simple. No need to roll out the dough for hours and do the tedious work of cutting it. Everything is done in a few minutes using such an easy-to-use mechanism as a manual noodle cutter. You can buy a similar machine both in large hardware stores and on the Internet. It's not that hard to find places where it's sold if you want.

In maintenance, this kitchen equipment is also not particularly difficult. These machines are made of stainless steel. And so they are very easy to wipe. The only point: manufacturers do not recommend washing them under running water. The rotating elements of the machine are lubricated with vaseline oil.

The manual noodle cutter is distinguished by its high strength and reliability of the mechanism. One of the elements of its design is most often rollers made of a special aluminum alloy that does not oxidize when in contact withwater. They need to be cleaned quite often.

In addition to manual versions of this kitchen equipment, there are also electric ones. Of course, they are much more convenient to use, but at a slightly higher price.

Noodle cutter, reviews of hostesses about which are mostly positive, can cost from 1000 to 5000 rubles, depending on the functionality and the country of origin. Italian models are more expensive. You can also buy a fairly cheap Russian model.

Homemade noodles - the product is certainly much more delicious than store-bought. Moreover, it can be done with minimal labor and time. All you need is to purchase a manual or electric pasta cutter.