Pink Sauce Pasta recipe | Beetroot Pasta Sauce

04 Mar Pink Sauce Pasta recipe | Beetroot Pasta Sauce

Last Updated on March 4, 2024 by blessmyfoodbypayal

Pink Sauce Pasta recipe | Beetroot Pasta Sauce with step wise pictorial and video method.

Pasta is a world famous classic Italian dish satisfyingly bursting with flavours.

Pasta is generally cooked into sauces, which are generally called by their colour, like white sauce pasta and red sauce pasta.

The base of white Sauce Pasta is made using milk whereas Red Sauce Pasta is made using tomatoes.

When it comes to pink Sauce Pasta, traditionally it is a combination of white sauce pasta and red sauce pasta.

This is beyond understanding that the combo of white and pink Sauce Pasta is named as Pink Sauce Pasta, whereas its colour is orange actually. Lol

With a slight investigation, we get to know about pink Sauce Pasta from YouTube made by Chef Kunal Kapoor, and it was actually pink, all thanks to beetroot.

Red hue of beetroot when meets the whitish milk, creates a beautiful pink.

At the first glance, the idea of incorporating beetroot into a pasta sauce might seem unconventional. Because of vivid hue and earthy sweetness, beetroot is often overlooked in mainstream recipes and confined to salads or as a side dish.

However, by harnessing its natural qualities, chefs and home cooks alike have unlocked a whole new realm of flavor and visual appeal.

When it comes to type of pasta, you can use any in the recipe. Here are numerous types of pasta, each with its own unique shape and texture. Some common types include:

1. Spaghetti
2. Penne
3. Fusilli
4. Rigatoni
5. Farfalle (bowtie)
6. Linguine
7. Fettuccine
8. Macaroni
9. Ravioli
10. Tortellini

And there are many more! Each type is suited to pink sauce pasta.

Pink Sauce Pasta made with beetroot is more than just a delicious meal – it’s a celebration of creativity, flavor, and the beauty of fresh, wholesome ingredients. Whether enjoyed as a cozy weeknight dinner or served as the centerpiece of a special occasion, this dish never fails to delight and inspire.

STEP WISE PICTORIAL RECIPE OF PINK SAUCE PASTA RECIPE

FOR BOILING PASTA

Take a pan and add water, salt and oil in it. The quantity of all the ingredients is given in the recipe card at the end of the post.

When the water begins to boil, add pasta in it along with beetroot.

Boil for 3-4 minutes or until pasta turns soft enough to eat. You can check so by pressing a piece of pasta.

Drain the water out of pasta.

Take the beetroot out and add to the blender when completely cool. Make a paste out of it and keep aside.

FOR COOKING PASTA

Take a pan and add butter in it. When the butter melts and garlic. Sautee the garlic on medium heat for a minute or two. We need not to brown the garlic.

There after add whole wheat flour. Sautee for 2 – 3 minutes or until the wheat flour leaves it rawness.  Again the flour should not turn brown.

Add milk and mix well so that lumps of flour shouldn’t be created.

Also add salt, black pepper powder and oregano. Mix.

Add beetroot paste, little at a time and keep mixing. Add the paste as much as pink you want your pasta to be.

Boil till milk thickens slightly.

Then add boiled pasta and cook till pasta turns thick enough to eat.

Serve hot after garnishing with more oregano and red chilli flakes. 

NOTES

1. You can use any type of pasta in this recipe.
2. If you like, you can add cheese as well.

PINK SAUCE PASTA RECIPE – RECIPE CARD

Pink Sauce Pasta recipe | beetroot pasta sauce

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Learn how to make creamy and flavorful pink sauce pasta with this simple and delicious recipe.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Italian

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

FOR BOILING

• 2 cup pasta
• 1/2 small beetroot (peeled)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp oil
• Water as required

FOR COOKING PASTA

• Boiled pasta
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp garlic (chopped)
• 1 tbsp whole wheat flour
• 2 cup full fat milk
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
• Salt to taste
• Pinch of red chilli flakes for serving

Instructions

 

FOR BOILING PASTA

• Take a pan and add water, salt and oil in it.
• When the water begins to boil, add pasta in it along with beetroot.
• Boil for 34 minutes or until pasta terns soft enough to eat.
• You can check so by pressing a piece of pasta.
• Drain the water out of pasta.
• Take the beetroot out and add to the blender when completely cool.
• Make a paste out of it and keep aside.

FOR COOKING PASTA

• Take a pen and add button it.
• When the butter melts and garlic to it
• Sorted the garlic on medium heat for a minute or two we need not to brown the garlic.
• Dear after add whole wheat flour.
• Sautee for 2 - 3 minutes or until the wheat flour leaves it rawness. Again the flour should not turn brown.
• Add milk and mix well so that lumps of flour shouldn't be created.
• Also add salt, black pepper powder and oregano. Mix.
• Add beetroot paste, little at a time and keep mixing. Add the paste as much as pink you want your pasta to be.
• Boil till milk thickens slightly.
• Then add boiled pasta.
• Cook till pasta turns thick enough to eat.
• Serve hot after garnishing with more oregano and red chilli flakes.

Notes

1. You can use any type of pasta in this recipe.
2. If you like, you can add cheese as well.

Keyword beetroot pasta, pink sauce pasta