{"id":1992,"date":"2020-09-30T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2024-01-21T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T05:59:20","slug":"pink-pasta-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/30\/pink-pasta-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink pasta for everyone!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>By Ilaria Catizone<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quick and easy mid-week dinner well-received by young and old, with a healthy twist. This pasta has the appeal of a creamy dish as it is white sauce-based, but disguises a couple of serves of veggies as well!<br>The ingredients:<br>500g pasta &#8211; any type will work! Wheat pasta, gluten-free, white, wholemeal, dry or fresh.<br>2 cups milk 2 cups &#8211; both animal or vegan milks will work<br>100g butter<br>2 tablespoons flour, plus some to taste &#8211; white wheat flour works best here but you can try other options<br>Salt \u2013 half a teaspoon or to taste<br>2 large beetroot (or one tin if you are desperate!)<br>1 onion, finely chopped (optional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to make it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you are using fresh beetroots, you need to think ahead and boil them first. This does require a little forethought but it is totally worth it as the tin version will add colour but hardly any flavour to the dish. I put them in a pot of boiling water, peel and all, until tender. Then peel and chop them.<\/li><li>When the beetroot is nearly ready, you can start boiling the water for the pasta.<\/li><li>In a saucepan, place the butter and the onion, if using, and let it brown lightly.<\/li><li>Add the milk and stir well until the milk is warm but not hot.<\/li><li>Then start stirring the milk with a fork or whisk while slowly adding the flour, still keeping the temperature warm but not hot. The aim is to get the sauce to thicken but this takes a little while, so resist the urge to add more flour right away. Keep stirring for another 3-4 minutes and decide if you are happy with the consistency. If not, slowly add more flour, one tablespoon at the time, waiting in between to allow the sauce to thicken.<\/li><li>Once the sauce is the right consistency for you, add the salt and beetroot and stick blend to a smooth consistency. Add a little extra milk if things are looking too thick or extra flour if too thin.<\/li><li>Meanwhile cook the pasta in boiling water and drain, pour the sauce on top and serve hot.<\/li><li>If you prefer to get your meals organised ahead of time, you can certainly boil and chop the beetroot in advance but I would definitely recommend making the white sauce and pasta just before eating as the sauce tends to get gluggy if stored.<\/li><li>Our family really likes this recipe and it is our go-to whenever we have beetroot available. Even our super fussy, veggie-averse 4 year old cannot resist the bright colour of this fun dish and that\u2019s a huge bonus for me!<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ilaria Catizone A quick and easy mid-week dinner well-received by young and old, with a healthy twist. This pasta has the appeal of a creamy dish as it is white sauce-based, but disguises a couple of serves of veggies as well!The ingredients:500g pasta &#8211; any type will work! Wheat pasta, gluten-free, white, wholemeal, dry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-low-waste-savory-recipes","category-recipes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwspM-w8","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbrfoodcoop.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}