The Norpro meat grinder, mincer and pasta maker is a light weight kitchen device. It is manually used with a suction cup attachment. It grinds meat, blends baby foods and makes pasta with easy to follow instruction manual. It is made of plastic that may look suspiciously not stable at first, but nonetheless functions well. The Norpro pasta maker requires minimal assembly and disassembly work and it is easy to clean. It is FDA approved and is designed and made in the USA.
Mincer and Pasta Maker
Initially, you may think that the Norpro grinder, micner and pasta maker is not a good grinding device because it is not an electric machine. You may think that it will require a great deal of effort when used for grinding ingredient, but the truth is, the plastic structure is so sturdy that you do not need to put a lot of pressure when using them for grinding.
The Norpro is too compact and does not require too much counter top space and it has a plastic construction and parts that makes it so light weight; the only metal part are the cutting mechanisms, the pins that hold the cutter and the holed plates. Furthermore., it does not run on electricity and it is not expensive because it is made mostly of durable plastic.
Though there are still some who said that this device is hard to use especially if the meat has fats in them and they can not be grinded, but the Norpro pasta machine works perfectly well to produce fresh pasta noodle: rigatoni, spaghetti, or linguine.
Product Specifications and Features:
- Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
- Three-in-one kitchen tool that grinds, minces and makes pasta
- Durable plastic body
- Stainless steel blade and mincing plates
- Suction cup that holds the device securely in place
- Comes with a sausage funnel attachment
- With three pasta attachments for spaghetti, rigatoni or linguini
- Two metal output plates with holes of different sizes
- Course steel mincing plates
The Norpro grinder, mincer and pasta maker functions as a 3 in 1 kitchen gadget. It grinds meat (beef chunk, round or sirloin for hamburgers), makes easy breadcrumbs, minces vegetables for nutritious baby foods. The pasta attachments are great for those gourmet pasta recipes; you can easily create fresh and homemade spaghetti, linguini and rigatoni for your family’s pleasure. You can even make sausages with the functional enclosed funnel. The whole package come with a suction-locking pestle, a plastic tray, detailed manual and a great recipe book.
If you have always been looking for a grinder (including pasta maker) that is cost effective, then the Norpro meat grinder, mincer and pasta maker is the one for you!
If you are a pasta lover, you can also try for kitchenaid pasta maker.