Penne pasta with beetroot pesto and seafood

Hi everyone today I enjoy making this succulent and original pasta dish, especially made for beetroot lovers.

Penne pasta with beetroot and seafood
Penne pasta with beetroot and seafood

Ingredients

  • 1 cook beetroot
  • Seafood q.b.
  • 100g Ricotta cheese
  • Penne pasta
  • 1 garlic cloves
  • Dill
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • Balsamic vinegar
  • White wine
  • Salt and pepper
Ingredients
Ingredients

Procedures

It is a quite simple and straight forward pasta dish to make, and I was quite surprised too how nice and yummy it is, particularly because I’m not a great beetroot lover.

Put the salty water on the hob for the pasta.

In a different pan put the garlic with a bit of extra-virgin olive oil and seafood, cook them together for few minutes and then add some white wine. Cook it for further 10 min.

In a blender put the beetroot, the Ricotta, cheese, salt, and pepper, and gradually add some extra-virgin olive oil to obtain the right consistency and brightness.

Beetroot pesto
Beetroot pesto

At the end, add a little bit of balsamic vinegar that will contrast a bit the flavour of the beetroot.

Add the balsamic vinegar
Add the balsamic vinegar

When the pasta is ready, add the seafood in it, keeping a couple for decoration. Filter in it their water and add a couple of spoons of the beetroot pesto.

Mix them well together and dish it up….

Penne pasta with beetroot pesto and seafood
Penne pasta with beetroot pesto and seafood

Enjoy it… Ciao!!!

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