Last Christmas I received a pasta attachment for my KitchenAid. I've been making all sorts of pasta egg pasta, beet pasta, spinach pasta, etc. I wanted to make a pasta that could somehow incorporate Alaska, therefore tundra blueberry pasta.
To get this vibrant purple color you have to use tundra blueberries also called bilberries similar to huckleberries. Blueberries from the grocery store just won't cut it.
Ingredients:
Here I've made a dessert pasta using my blueberry pie filling recipe.
You will need cooked blueberry pasta, topped with blueberry pie filling and almond flavored whipped cream. I finished it off by sprinkling some ground cinnamon on top. I will admit texture was a little weird at first because I was expecting pie crust but it was yummilicious. The kids scarfed it up.
For Pie Filling
Ingredients:
In a medium saucepan, mix together the water, cornstarch, and sugar. Add in blueberries and bring to a boil at medium heat, stirring constantly for about two minutes or until mixture is thick. Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon. Pour into a pint size jar and set aside.
For Whipped Cream
Ingredients:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tbs. sugar
1/2 teas. almond extract
Directions:
Chill a medium mixing bowl and the beaters from your electric mixer. Combine all the ingredients into your chilled mixing bowl, and use chilled beaters to beat the mixture till soft peaks form.
I had so much fun making this blueberry pasta that I even threw it in with some left over garlic shrimp. All I did was saute some peeled an deveined shrimp with butter, minced garlic, Johnny's garlic seasoning, dash of salt, and tossed in the pasta. The blueberry flavor in the pasta is a bit mild so that this pasta could go with just about any pasta dish.
Enjoy.
To get this vibrant purple color you have to use tundra blueberries also called bilberries similar to huckleberries. Blueberries from the grocery store just won't cut it.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup semolina flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbs. olive oil
- 1/2 cup tundra blueberry puree
- 2 tbs. sugar
- 1 tbs. lemon juice
- dash cinnamon
- Mix all ingredients in a your Kitchen aid mixer and finish off with your dough hook or used a food processor to blend all ingredients so that it forms into a solid ball.
- Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface.
- Roll out dough or wind through your pasta machine.
- Cut into strips or wind through your pasta machine.
- Cook the pasta in boiling water until al dente…it will only take 3-4 minutes if the pasta is fresh.
Here I've made a dessert pasta using my blueberry pie filling recipe.
You will need cooked blueberry pasta, topped with blueberry pie filling and almond flavored whipped cream. I finished it off by sprinkling some ground cinnamon on top. I will admit texture was a little weird at first because I was expecting pie crust but it was yummilicious. The kids scarfed it up.
For Pie Filling
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tbs. corn starch
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 cup tundra blueberries
- 1/2 teas. ground cinnamon
In a medium saucepan, mix together the water, cornstarch, and sugar. Add in blueberries and bring to a boil at medium heat, stirring constantly for about two minutes or until mixture is thick. Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon. Pour into a pint size jar and set aside.
For Whipped Cream
Ingredients:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tbs. sugar
1/2 teas. almond extract
Directions:
Chill a medium mixing bowl and the beaters from your electric mixer. Combine all the ingredients into your chilled mixing bowl, and use chilled beaters to beat the mixture till soft peaks form.
I had so much fun making this blueberry pasta that I even threw it in with some left over garlic shrimp. All I did was saute some peeled an deveined shrimp with butter, minced garlic, Johnny's garlic seasoning, dash of salt, and tossed in the pasta. The blueberry flavor in the pasta is a bit mild so that this pasta could go with just about any pasta dish.
Enjoy.
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