Homemade Red Beet Pasta
Serves 4
10 mins prep
20 mins cook
30 mins total
Whether you want to try something new or want to vow your guests: stunning homemade beet pasta is so easy and simple to make! This recipe makes about 1 pound of pasta.
Steam, bake, or boil the red beets until soft. Cut off top and bottom. Peel and cut into quarters.
Put beets with the eggs in a mini-blender or kitchen processor to create a puree.
Measure and mix the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Add the beet puree and create a uniform dough.
Dump dough onto your work surface and knead some more, adding either more flour or a bit of water to create a stiff dough. Let rest for 10 mins.
Divide dough into 4-6 equal pieces.
Flatten one dough piece, adding more flour to keep it from sticking and feed it through the pasta maker on the widest setting.
Fold pasta sheet, dust with more flour and feed through pasta maker again. Repeat these steps a few times until you have a soft pasta sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough pieces.
Set your pasta machine to the next narrower setting and repeat the above steps. Gradually narrow the setting until you have the desired thickness.
Either use a fettuccini/linguini/spaghetti attachment or a knife and cut pasta sheets into desired shapes. Dust with flour and set aside until all the dough has been turned into shapes.
Cook pasta in salted boiling water for only a few minutes. Pasta is done when it's floating on top. Drain and serve with your favorite sauce.
Alternatively, you can keep the pasta in the refrigerator for a few days.
