How to Make Pink Pasta, Caramelle and Cappelletti

Cappelletti and Caramelle - Dairy and Egg Free pasta dough and filling!!

The beautiful little pouches of deliciousness are quite easy to make and the pink hue make them very pretty.

Cappelletti translates to little hats - they actually look like Cardinal hats.

Caramelle translates to candy and the pasta looks like candy wrapped bonbon.

Follow my YouTube link for tutorial.

How to Make Pink Pasta, Caramelle and Cappelletti
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It’s so easy to make pink pasta! All you need is some beet juice. I recently made a delicious beet salad and held on to a cup of the beet water after boiling. I let it sit sit until it cooled a little and used the warm beet water instead of regular water. Such a pretty, natural colour and I avoided using food colouring.

Pasta Ingredients:

1 cup unbleached flour

1 cup Semolina flour

3/4 cup warm beet water

1 tsp salt

Mix the two flours with the salt, together on a board or granite counter, (marble works too), and gradually add the warm beet water.

You may not need all the water. Knead until smooth.

You can watch YouTube video for tutorial.

Let dough sit covered in plastic wrap for about 10 minutes.

Ingredients for meat filling:

3/4 lb ground beef, pork, or veal or a mixture of all three. You can also use ground chicken or turkey.

Lightly oil a frying pan and add meat. Cook until pink is gone:

Then add:

1/2 small onion, finely chopped

Small garlic clove, finely minced

1/2 tsp salt or to taste

Pepper to taste

1/2 tsp dried Basil

1/2 tsp dried Oregano

2 tbsps finely chopped fresh parsley, or tsp dried parsley

A handful, or two, of your favourite grated cheese

Continue frying until fully cooked. Remove from heat and add cheese of your choice..... Romano cheese, Parmesan cheese or ricotta. If you want to keep it dairy free use vegan Romano or mozzarella cheese.

Let mixture cool prior to filling the Cappelleti  or Caramelle.

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When rolling out your pasta on pasta machine, roll it out to the very last notch on machine setting. Fill with meat immediately. You don’t want the pasta to dry out or it won’t fold and bend.

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Boil your pasta until they float, a minute longer. Homemade pasta cooks within a couple of minutes. Top with your favourite sauce.

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