Beechwood Pasta Cutter Rolling Pins

This beechwood rolling pin has a cutting profile built into its surface, so rolling it over a sheet of pasta dough presses a pattern of ridges straight through it, cutting spaghetti, tagliatelle, fettuccine or pappardelle in a single pass. It's made from solid beechwood, comes in four widths, and at 31.5cm overall with a 17cm usable cutting length, it's sized for a quick portion or two rather than a full production run. Made in Italy.

How It Cuts

Roll the pin firmly and evenly along a sheet of dough rolled to the right thickness for what you're making: around 1 to 1.5mm for tagliatelle and fettuccine, 1.5 to 2mm for pappardelle, and closer to 0.5 to 0.8mm for the finer spaghetti cut. At an even thickness and a steady rolling pressure, the ridges cut cleanly through the dough.

To stop the dough sticking to the pin as you roll, dust the rolling pin itself with a little flour before you start, not just the dough or the board.

Choosing Your Width

Each size is sold separately rather than as a set, so pick the one that matches what you're making: spaghetti at 3mm, tagliatelle at 5mm, fettuccine at 8mm, or pappardelle at 15mm. If you make more than one shape regularly, you'll want more than one pin, since each is fixed to a single width. If you'd rather not build up a collection of pins one at a time, our Interchangeable Pasta Cutter uses swappable rollers on one handle to cover tagliatelle, tagliolini, fettuccine and pappardelle in a single tool.

Who It Suits

This is the simplest way into homemade pasta for a quick meal for one or two people, with no machine or frame to set up, use and clean.

• No setup: roll the dough, roll the pin, done, with just the one tool to wash up afterward
• A low-cost way to find out if pasta-making is for you, before committing to a chitarra or pasta machine
• Sized for one to two portions, with a 17cm cutting length
• For bigger batches or a wider sheet, our Traditional Chitarra Pasta Cutter cuts a full sheet in one motion using strung wires

Complete Your Setup

Pair this with our Birchwood Pasta Dough Board for a stable surface to roll on, and a Rolling Pin Storage Bag to keep it protected between uses. Browse our full range of dough boards and rolling pins for more pasta prep tools.