Valentine's Day Beet Pasta

1 Wash and peel the beets. Either steam or roast until cooked and when cool, cut
into fourths. Using a blender, an immersion blender, or food processor, blend
beets until smooth. After blending, I like to then pass the cooked beets through
a sieve to remove any lumps. Set aside.

2 Measure and dump the flours in the center of a large wooden board. Add the salt.
With your fingers, create a well in the center. It should look like a caldera,
and the well should be about 4 inches across to accommodate the eggs and blended
beets. Then crack two eggs into the center and stir with a fork. Add the blended
beets and continue to stir with a fork to blend with the eggs.

3 As you are stirring the eggs and beets, use the fork to gradually, a little at a
time, scoop the flour into the center. As you continue to incorporate the
flour, the dough will get thicker and thicker. Once you have mixed in most of
the flour and there is no danger of the eggs escaping and running over the
board, use your bench cutter to scoop up everything into one pile. Bring any
remaining flour into the center, scrap it all together with the bench cutter
into a big shaggy pile. Begin to use your hands like a big scoop and bring it
all together. Begin to knead and mix with your hands. The flour will be absorbed
eventually, keep working it. Knead for 4 minutes until the dough is uniform and
elastic. When you press your finger into the dough, it springs back.

4 Cover the ball of dough in plastic and set aside for 30 minutes.

5 I like the Imperia brand pasta roller because it is sturdy and well made.
However, the hand-crank makes it a bit more of a workout. The Kitchen Aid mixer
has a pasta attachment which makes stretching the dough much easier. Both
Imperia and Kitchen Aid sell attachments for making a wide variety of noodle
shapes such as spaghetti or tagliatelle.

For this recipe, I used the angel hair setting.

6 Use a rolling pin to make fettuccine: If you don't have a pasta machine, you can
use a rolling pin. Unwrap and cut the pasta dough in half. Dust the board with
flour and roll out dough to a 12-inch round until it is about ¼ inch thick.
Using a pizza roller or a sharp knife, cut into ¼ inch strips. Repeat with the
other half of the dough.

7 Fresh pasta cooks very quickly, so have everything else ready to go. Bring 3
quarts of water to a boil and add a generous pinch of salt. Add the pasta to the
boiling water and cook for 1-2 minutes. When the pasta rises to the top of the
water, it is ready.

Scoop pasta out of the water, drain, and place on serving platter. Scoop on a
healthy dollop of ricotta cheese and drizzle with olive oil. Serve immediately.

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