I was gifted the KitchenAid pasta extruder a couple years ago and had never used it until now, but I love making different pink foods for Valentine's Day, so this year I was determined to use it to make pink pasta!
After some research on this subreddit, I followed the recipe from this post pretty closely:
- 475g semolina flour (Bob's Red Mill)
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp water (to make the dough pink, I had roasted and pureed a couple of beets, then strained the juices, which made up about 1/4 cup of the water)
- Mixed with the paddle attachment for 10 minutes, then covered and refrigerated for 15 minutes, then formed into walnut-sized balls to feed into the extruder. Boiling the pasta for 6 minutes gave it the perfect texture!
I was a bit bummed at how much color the pasta lost after being cooked, so if I try this again in the future, I'll use even more beet juice. But all in all, I was thrilled with texture and overall result, and I can't wait to experiment more with the extruder!
by chronicmatchmaker