Carrot Linguine (Eggless Pasta Dough)
Making pasta from scratch is so fresh and fun to make! Normally you only need flour, water, salt and EVOO to make pasta dough, but I like to add in some vegetable puree to add a pop of color! This fresh eggless carrot linguine for two only takes about 30 minutes and you don’t need any special equipment other than a rolling pin and sharp knife. Check out my instagram stories to see additional videos of the process!
For this pasta dough, I used fresh carrot juice that my mom juiced at home. The bright orange juice turned the dough a yellow-orange color, and once the pasta cooked, it turned more yellow. If you do not have a juicer, you can used cold pressed juice found at the grocery store. You can also use spinach puree or any other water-based vegetable puree. For example in the past I made red pepper pasta dough and spinach pasta dough, both for homemade ravioli.
Carrot Linguine
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup semolina flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour plus more for dusting
- 1/2 cup carrot juice
- 1 tsp EVOO
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
Pasta Dough
- Combine both flours, salt and EVOO in a bowl.
- Pour in carrot juice and knead the dough together for about 8-10.
- Once the dough is combined, let it rest in a bowl for about 15 minutes.
Cutting Linguini
- Dust the working surface with flour.
- Roll the dough out into a thin rectangle. Add flour as needed, to avoid the dough from sticking to the rolling pin.
- Flour both sides of the rectangle. Then fold the dough 2 inches from the bottom and loosely roll the dough.
- Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut the roll into strips about 1/2 inch wide.
- Use your fingers to unwrap the strips into linguini and add more flour for dusting if they start to stick.
- Once all of the linguini is cut, bring a pot of water to boiling.
- Drop the fresh linguini into the water and cook for about 3-4 minutes. Once the linguini floats to the top of the pot, it is almost done cooking.
- Toss the linguini with your favorite sauce and enjoy!
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