Step 1

Start by preparing the different all-natural coloured pasta doughs. You can choose to go with only one colour or as many colours as you'd like. Just keep in mind that you have to add 1 cup of flour and 1 egg for each colour and per portion). You might also need to add a bit more flour to wetter ingredients (like the peppers) so that the dough is not sticky.

Step 2

For the red pasta, use 1 medium-sized boiled beetroot. You can also add some orange pepper or a boiled carrot to adjust the redness of the beetroot.

Step 3

Blitz the egg, the flour and the veg in a high-speed blender or food processor until you obtain a smooth dough. It may be easier to blend the vegetables before adding them to your dough so the dough is smooth faster/easier.

Step 4

Knead the dough with your hands to form a smooth ball. If it sticks to your hands, add a bit of flour. Leave it to rest.

Step 5

For the orange pasta, use 1 red pepper. You first need to roast it in the oven for 10-15 mins.

Step 6

Blitz the egg, the flour and the red pepper in a high-speed blender or food processor until you obtain a smooth dough. *

Step 7

Knead the dough with your hands to form a smooth ball. If it sticks to your hands, add a bit of flour. Leave it to rest.

Step 8

For the yellow pasta, you can use either 1 roasted yellow pepper or turmeric (either powder or fresh root). If you choose to go with the pepper, you can also add a pinch of turmeric powder to make a brighter yellow.

Step 9

Blitz the egg, the flour and the yellow pepper or turmeric in a high-speed blender or food processor until you obtain a smooth dough. **

Step 10

Knead the dough with your hands to form a smooth ball. If it sticks to your hands, add a bit of flour. Let it rest.

Step 11

For the green pasta, you can use either 1 cup of spinach or 1 cup of parsley. I tried both and each of them makes a great green colour.

Step 12

Blitz the egg, the flour and chosen green leaves in a high-speed blender or food processor until you obtain a smooth dough.

Step 13

Knead the dough with your hands to form a smooth ball. If it sticks to your hands, add a bit of flour. Leave it to rest.

Step 14

For the purple pasta, you can use either 1 cup of boiled red cabbage or 1-2 bakes purple potatoes. When using the cabbage, make sure to discard the water in which it boiled, we only need the leaves. You can also add a pinch of baking powder to the cabbage to adjust the hues of purple.

Step 15

Blitz the egg, the flour and chosen veg in a high-speed blender or food processor until you obtain a smooth dough.

Step 16

Knead the dough with your hands to form a smooth ball. If it sticks to your hands, add a bit of flour. Let it rest. ***

Step 17

After the rainbow pasta dough has rested for about 30 minutes, using a rolling pin, roll out the dough till it is flat enough to feed into a pasta machine on level ‘0’. Continue feeding it through ‘0’, folding it in half then feeding it through repeatedly until a regular shape. Make sure to sprinkle lightly with flour to stop it from sticking. Then you can make it thinner with the machine.

Step 18

-OR- If you use a rolling pin for the whole process, make sure to roll it out and stretch it into thin sheets.

Step 19

Once you have obtained thin sheets of pasta dough, you can proceed with cutting it. I chose to cut it into long strips, like Tagliatelle or Pappardelle, but you can cut it in different shapes/sizes.

Step 20

To cut it into long strips, you just need to fold the pasta a couple of times and then just cut with a knife. Or, if you are using the pasta machine, choose one of its other settings for cutting.

Step 21

To prepare the dressing, just chop the garlic cloves and sauté them in a bit of olive oil. It's as simple as that! Alternatively, serve with a sauce of your choice.

Step 22

To cook the all-natural coloured pasta, put it in boiling water and cook for 3 minutes, combine with the dressing and serve immediately. I chose to cook each colour separately so that the colours won't mix (the red especially might seep through) but you can cook them all together.

Step 23

Mix in with the sautéd garlic and sprinkle with pepper. Enjoy your delicious and gorgeous all-natural rainbow pasta!