Years ago, when I lived at home Mum came across a secondhand pasta machine. Jamie Oliver had just become 'big' and we (the cooks of the family) decided that we'd attempt Jamie's recipe. After all, he made it look dead easy!
We soon discovered why the pasta machine had be turfed out. It left tiny shards of metal throughout the pasta! Still - we went through with the drying process- probably just to prove we could do it.
I still have an image of all the pasta lined up drying along our laundry clothes horse! Needless to say I don't actually remember sampling the metal-freckled pasta! AND we ate supermarket pasta from then on (we couldn't afford a new machine).
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In memory of this beautiful family moment I made my own pasta with my new Marcato pasta machine) based on Jamie's original recipe recently. Apart from the herb & pepper pasta I made a couple of months ago I hadn't attempted any other 'flavoured' pasta so I made beetroot pasta!
I served it with roast pumpkin, goat's cheese, toasted pine nuts, steamed beetroot leaves & a dollop of pesto. Sorry- no pics- we ate it too quickly! There was a slight sweetness from the beetroot that added an extra dimension to the dish.
