The invention relates to a method and a device for the production of paste products, in which a milled product such as flour or the like is mixed as the dry component with a liquid and the resulting dough mass is kneaded, the dry component being supplied into an extruder, the liquid in the extruder is supplied to the dry component and mixed therewith to give a dough mass. The dough is completely prepared within the extruder and at the extruder outlet is pressed into a desired paste product shape. This not only permits efficient, hygienic paste or dough product production, but also an exact setting of an air proportion in the finished product.