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Beetroot Pasta Hearts with Goat Cheese

February 12, 2015 By Manu 4 Comments

Beetroot Hearts with Goat Cheese

As you know, I love to play around with pasta’s colours and shapes.  With Valentine’s Day coming up in a couple of days, I thought heart shaped pasta would be in order.  And to make it even more appropriate for the occasion, I thought of making it pink.  You simply add some beetroot to your egg pasta dough and you get a beautiful dark pink pasta.  You can use any filling you like, but to me there’s no better combination than beetroot and goat cheese… so I used that mixed with mascarpone and grated Parmigiano Reggiano to fill my pasta hearts.  I served this pasta with a simple butter sauce with poppy seeds to add some crunch and a touch of sophistication.  It is the perfect dish to celebrate love this Valentine’s Day!  Enjoy!

Beetroot Hearts with Goat Cheese

Beetroot Hearts with Goat Cheese
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Beetroot Pasta Hearts with Goat Cheese

Beetroot Pasta Hearts with Goat Cheese - perfect for Valentine's Day or any other romantic occasion!

Course Main
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 4
Author Manuela Zangara

Ingredients

Filling

  • 150 gms – 5 ½ oz. fresh goat cheese
  • 200 gms – 7 oz. mascarpone
  • 80 gms – ¾ cup Parmigiano Reggiano thinly grated
  • Salt to taste

Beetroot Pasta Hearts

  • 200 gms – 1 ½ cup flour or more as required
  • 1 egg
  • 75 gms – 2 ½ oz. cooked beetroot

Poppy Seed Butter Sauce

  • 80 gms – 5 ½ tbsp butter
  • Poppy Seeds
  • Salt to taste
  • Parmigiano Reggiano thinly grated to serve

Instructions

Filling

  1. Mix the cheeses and salt (if required) until well combined and keep aside.

Beetroot Pasta Hearts

  1. Make the Beetroot Pasta Hearts following my tutorial on How to make Pasta Hearts and keep them aside.

Poppy Seed Butter Sauce

  1. Put the butter and poppy seeds in a small saucepan. Let the butter melt on a medium fire and gently fry off the poppy seeds in it. Remove from the fire as soon as it starts to bubble (you don’t want to brown it). Add a pinch of salt.

Assembling

  1. Cook the Pasta Hearts following the steps on “How to cook pasta al dente”. Only in this case you will not have a pre set cooking time. This will vary depending on the thickness of your pasta (it should take approximately a couple of minutes to cook if you have just made the pasta. If a number of hours have passed since you made the pasta then it would be slightly dry and could take between 10 to 12 minutes to cook). So, the best solution is to taste it! Remember, to check the joint, where your pasta is thicker. It does have to remain firm to be al dente.
  2. When the pasta is cooked, drain it and put it in the pan with the butter and poppy seed sauce. Mix well on low fire for a minute.
  3. Serve hot with some thinly grated Parmigiano Reggiano on the top.

Beetroot Hearts with Goat Cheese

Beetroot Hearts with Goat Cheese

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Filed Under: Cheese, Italian, Mains, Pasta, Special Occasions, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: beetroot, butter, cheese, dinner, goat cheese, goat's cheese, hearts, Italian, pasta, Special Occasions, Valentine's Day

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Comments

  1. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    February 13, 2015 at 8:59 am

    What a great and innovative Valentine’s day inspired meal. These little beet pasta hearts look divine!

    Reply
  2. Mick b says

    February 13, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    Just love this extraordinarily delicate rendition of ravioli. The dish says I Love You with every bite. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  3. Purabi Naha | Cosmopolitan Currymania says

    February 13, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    Manu you are very innovative. Every time I receive your Email updates, I make sure I open it and read it. This dish is apt for Valentine’s Day. Loved the fact that you used beetroots for giving this pasta a beautiful colour and those heart shapes are truly adorable!

    Reply

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