MARCATOSpaghetti Chitarra Cutter

They produce quality products that will be handed down to my kids.

As always, very high and incomparably excellent quality products. That’s what MARCATO is about!

This chitarra/tonnarelli cutter worked well for me the first and only time I've tried it so far. It has what appears to be aluminum cutter rolls with plastic combs on the outfeed that look like they guide the strands out. Whatever the reasons for the design changes from my vintage cutters, it seems to work well. The aluminum may have a little more "tooth" to help pull the dough through. Worked okay with American (coarser) semolina/egg dough rolled to #3, but I'm going to try a Caputo semolina double-zero no egg mix next batch so I can dry it for caccio e pepe, which just isn't the same with fresh.As somebody else noted, it's stamped "is made in Italy", but the markings on my other cutters are not consistent from one to the other, either. I have no reason to think this is counterfeit, but if it is, it's one that works.

Purchase a pasta maker a few years ago that wasn't a Marcato. The main machine works well but the cutters provided are aweful. They squeak and don't cut the dough all the way through especially the spaghetti cutter. Since the brand I got doesn't have an option for cutter accessories, I gave this a try since they all seem to be designed the same. Well, I guessed right because the Mercato attachment slid right into the main unit, even the handle roller. It doesn't squeak and cuts the dough all the way. I got the spaghetti chittara attachment and will be purchasing other options too.

I think I have figured out these attachments. They come in two basic configurations: square cut grooves and round cut grooves. The rest is sizing. All work well if you have your dough recipe figured out. Marcato also has a suggested thinness of dough for each attachment on one of their photos- it's worth studying. (And writing down). The round cut attachments make rounded noodles. All make delicious egg noodles. Cleaning? I've actually opened a couple up to shake out the dry dough bits, but I only recommend this for tinkerers such as myself who can accept the consequences of their actions...

Gave it to our son for Christmas and he loves it. Making a different pasta a day for a week.

Great industrial design

Either Marcato has changed how they manufacture their pasta cutters or this is a knock-off. It makes decent spaghetti alla chitarra, but the pasta gets stuck in the plastic combs in the bottom of the cutter. It’s a pain to clean out. I haven’t had this problem with older pasta cutters I’ve bought.