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- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: RECIPE: Colored Pasta Dough
- Message-ID: <1RIMMH@taronga.com>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- References: <28DEC199209481338@comb1.comb.umd.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:47:52 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- In article <28DEC199209481338@comb1.comb.umd.edu>, belas@comb1.comb.umd.edu (BOB AT COMB) writes:
- > I especially would like to know how
- > to make spinach pasta and other flavored pastas like lemon-pepper.
-
- These amounts should be enough to color a standard pasta dough made
- with 3 to 4 cups of flour, 4 eggs, salt and 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- I'm figuring you know how to make pasta already, so I won't go into
- that, tho you'll probably need to add some extra flour to counteract
- the extra moisture from the vegetables.
-
- Green pasta. Parboil 1/2 pound (1/4 kg) of spinach for about two
- minutes or chard for five minutes. Drain, rinse in cold water and
- squeeze the leaves as dry as possible. Puree the spinach or chard
- through a sieve or food mill, or chop it fine by hand [in light of
- the recent "Kitchen disasters thread, chopping spinach by hand drew
- up some bizarre images] or with a food processor if a pasta machine
- is to be used. With a fork, combine the spinach or chard with the
- pasta dough ingredients. Knead and roll out.
-
- Speckled green pasta. Trim, wash, pat dry and chop fine about 6
- tablespoons (90 ml) of mixed fresh herbs: parsley, sorrel, thyme,
- sage leaves, tarragon, lovage, marjoram, basil, dandelion, rocket,
- hyssop and tender savory shoots are all suitable. However, the strong
- herbs -- thyme, sage, savory, marjoram and tarragon -- do not marry
- well with some others, so choose your herb mixture carefully. Stir
- the herbs into the dough ingredients with a fork. Knead and roll out.
-
- Red pasta. Boil two small unpeeled beets in salted water for 40
- mintues to one hour or until tender. Peel and chop the beets, then
- puree them in a food processor. Stir the beet puree into the pasta
- dough intredients before kneading the dough and rolling it out.
-
- Orange pasta. Stir about 1/4 cup (50 ml) of well-reduced tomato
- sauce or pureed tomato into the pasta dough ingredients. Knead
- and roll out.
-
- Yellow pasta. Add a pinch of ground saffron to the flour and salt
- for the pasta dough. Mix well. Stir in the eggs and oil. Knead
- and roll out.
- --
- Stephanie da Silva arielle@taronga.com
-