Valentine’s day is celebrated in the United States on 14th February and this festival slowly has become a popular festival around the world to exchange gifts, candies, sweets, chocolates among loved ones. Why not! we are always ready for special days to showcase and celebrate love. Showering love for our loved ones never seems to be enough.
This festival has got its name from St. Valentine and there are several stories behind it, one of the interesting among them is this which I am going to share today. Valentine was a priest in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Emperor Claudius II prohibited the marriage of young men and women by law as he thought single men will be more efficient soldiers in the army. Valentine, being a priest realized the cruelty of this law and continued to get young couples in love, married in secret. As a result, he was penalized to death by the emperor. Due to this reason, to honor the heroism and valor of St. Valentine, Valentine’s day is celebrated as a lover’s day all over the world.
This year I decided to make these heart-shaped pretty looking homemade pasta in beetroot based pink sauce. The dish is pretty, delicious, and savory and can be served for valentine’s day dinner. You can also get to read this recipe in Valentine’s day recipe magazine edition edited by my friend Joy Gordon. You can download it from the link below.
Ingredients
Pasta
- 2 cups refined flour
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 tsp salt
Sauce
- 1 beetroot
- 1 cup cream
- 2 garlic grated
- 1/2 cup cheddar grated
- chopped basil leaves
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
Pasta
- Pour the flour into a flat container
- Make a well in the center.
- Add the eggs
- Add salt.
- Bring everything together with fingers.
- Knead it and make a firm dough.
- Add little milk if it’s too dry.
- Roll the dough into a very thin sheet.
- With a cookie cutter cut heart shapes.
- Boil water in a colander.
- Add the pasta and cook till they start floating in the water.
Sauce
- Boil the beetroot till tender
- Make a puree.
- In a pan add butter.
- Add grated garlic
- Add the beetroot puree
- Add fresh cream and stir
- Add grated cheddar and stir.
- Add the boiled pasta
- Stir in some chopped basil leaves
- Sprinkle some black pepper and serve.
Heart-shaped pasta recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients
Pasta
- 2 cups refined flour
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 tsp salt
Sauce
- 1 beetroot
- 1 cup cream
- 2 garlic grated
- 1/2 cup cheddar grated
- chopped basil leaves
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
Instructions
Pasta
-
Pour the flour into a flat container
-
Make a well in the center.
-
Add the eggs
-
Add salt.
-
Bring everything together with fingers.
-
Knead it and make a firm dough.
-
Add little milk if it’s too dry.
-
Roll the dough into a very thin sheet.
-
With a cookie cutter cut heart shapes.
-
Boil water in a colander.
-
Add the pasta and cook till they start floating in the water.
Sauce
-
Boil the beetroot till tender
-
Make a puree.
-
In a pan add butter.
-
Add grated garlic
-
Add the beetroot puree
-
Add fresh cream and stir
-
Add grated cheddar and stir.
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Add the boiled pasta
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Stir in some chopped basil leaves
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Sprinkle some black pepper and serve.